Princess Casamassima

WhenHenryJameschoseto，ashedidinThePrincessCasamassima，hecouldwriteaboutthepoliticalturbulenceofhiserawithastonishingexcitementanddirectness.TheLondonunderworldofterroristconspiraciesthatentangleshisherocomesaliveunderhispenwithaviolencethatseems，morethanacenturylater，onlytoofamiliar.YoungbookbinderHyacinthRobinson，theillegitimatesonofanoblemanandawomanwhodiedinprisonaftermurderinghim，hasbeenraisedbyanimpoverishedseamstress.Hyacinthhasgrownupsensitivebothtothebeautyoftheworldandtothehumansufferingcausedbysocialinjustice，andwhenheisdrawnintoacircleofradicalshepromisestocommitanactofterror—avowhecomestoregretwhenthelovelyandboredPrincessCasamassimatakeshimunderherwing.AsHyacinthtravelsacrossEuropeandencountersarichlyvariedcastofcharactersfromalllevelsofsociety，heisincreasinglyrackedbyhisagonizingdilemma—untilheresolvesitinashockingactionthatcarriestheemotionalforceofclassicaltragedy.(BookJacketStatus：Jacketed)