The Golden Bowl

Meggie Verver, the daughter of American millionaire Adam Verver, a collector and fine connoisseur of artistic values, marries Prince Amerigo—a young Italian from a impoverished aristocratic family. Meggie is in love and happy, however, she is troubled by the thought that her long-widowed father, engrossed in perfecting his collection, will be left all alone. On the eve of the wedding, Meggie introduces her father to an old friend—charming American Charlotte Stent, believing that his company will benefit from the presence of a young lady. Meggie does not realize that by inviting a seductive woman into the house, she risks being betrayed and deceived... Henry James (1843-1916), a recognized classic of American literature, a master of psychological prose, describes the complex relationships of two couples bound by the whims of fate in ties of love, and answers the age-old question: is wealth a gift of fate or a curse?..