the wings of the dove ending

Kate  persuades her boyfriend, Merton Densher, a journalist, to pretend to be in love first with Kate and then with Milly, while Kate pretends to despise him. Directed by Iain Softley. Kate Croy, 25 y/o and very handsome, meets in London with her wretched reprobate father, Lionel Croy [explicitly an addict only in the movie]. He offers to marry her immediately "as we were", but as she leaves says, "We shall never be again as we were.

He wants her to be loved more and asks her to love him [and presumably marry him], though rather awkwardly and without passionate conviction—she declines his offer. I don’t remember it at all, except that I thought it was spooky, and thus cool.

For 3 days he is left by himself, then Susan comes to his hotel. Coming across these lines, the reader begins to understand, as with a jolt, the trajectory of the story. Merton and Kate meet furtively in Kensington Gardens. At the end of the novel, Merton puts his foot down and tells Kate that if she wants to marry him, it must because of him and not his money.

Kate and Merton discuss Mark's offer of marriage to Milly and Merton's possible love for Milly.

Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. And, as in the comic pornography at the beginning, three people are involved; but this is no comedy and one of the three is dead, at rest in San Michele, Venice’s cemetery island.

She likes him, does not stoop to explicitly forbidding his association with Kate, but indicates her plans for Kate to marry a "great man" (i.e., wealthy or famous). Wikipedia filled in the gaps ans I was quite happy with the movie, though I would have like more scenes with the aunt because I quite like that actress. But, uh, actually it's not boring at all.

""As we were. I concur with Prof C’s “near perfect” pronouncement and I’ll netflick it again with his keen insights in mind. Hearing of their scheme from Lord Mark, whom Kate’s aunt has hoped she would marry, Milly “turns her face to the wall” — a turn of phrase echoing a Victorian music hall song (“Turn ‘Erbert’s Face to the Wall, Mother”) but exquisitely pointed here. In "The Wings of the Dove,'' there is a fascination in the way smart people try to figure one another out. Mark had come to see Milly—Merton sees him at a nearby restaurant. I recently watched this movie on Netflix and liked it fine. The Wings of the Dove is a 1997 British-American romantic drama film adaptation of the novel by Henry James.It was directed by Iain Softley and stars Helena Bonham-Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, and Michael Gambon.. GSL, thanks for reading and commenting. While she is alone, Lord Mark shows up unexpectedly. For those who haven’t attempted the late James, I’ve chosen a few difficult lines as a sample from a long paragraph in The Wings of the Dove, the story of a complicated triangle involving the Englishwoman Kate Croy, who lives with her aunt because her mother is dead and her ne’er-do-well father is penniless; the very rich American Milly Theale, dying of a mysterious illness; and the English journalist Merton Densher, betrothed to Kate. Milly trusts the people she shouldn’t trust, because Susie is also an innocent. Corrections? It sure sounds like Kate has rejected his offer. Merton is disturbed that Kate wants him to make up to a sick girl. What follows is a hyper-Jamesian struggle to occupy the minds of his protagonists: “She might be as nobly charming as she liked and he had seen nothing to touch her in the States” (where Densher has met Milly Theale on a visit); “she couldn’t pretend that in such conditions as those she herself believed it enough for him. He heard her out in stillness, watching her face, but not moving. Densher agrees only on condition that Kate sleep with him. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity to return to the life her mother gave up. He has been home for a fortnight but has not been to see Kate. I spoke too soon, red pen request received and executed. Is Milly sick? Milly learns from Maud through Susan of a latent interest between Kate and Merton and asks that Milly and Susan do nothing to encourage this relationship—Milly is intrigued to enter into this conspiracy. Milly throws a party that includes Dr. Strett. The novel is about money, love (and sex).

Later, Susan and Milly discuss Merton's lack of fortune and his exceptional abilities. I like to read classic literature and all the greats on PBS, BBC, and the like. It is ridiculous to blog about Henry James–I could spend days and weeks and months writing a paper on those lines above. I’ve not been certain which book to pick up next–maybe Portrait of a Lady, but this sounds so very tempting, too, and it is set in Venice, isn’t it–or am I just imagining gondolas being in the movie? The Aldershaws join them. Maud encourages Merton to pursue Milly—she believes Merton to be bribeable and seems to expect him to perform according to her wishes. I called the film a one-off triumph. Last update: 16 March 2019, Summary by Michael McGoodwin, prepared 1998. Milly's best friend is Kate, and Kate thinks Milly will do all she can to help her. When I first read The Wings of the Dove, I was on a Henry James binge. As for the book, I probably won’t read it. I’m not even going to pretend I’d slog through the book – my preferences are for something in-between a 140 character tweet and a 1,000 work paragraph.

She couldn’t pretend she believed he would believe it enough for herself.

Merton dislikes his rundown hotel and his frustrating and duplicitous existence. Susan and Milly visit Marian, who confides to them that Merton actually loves Kate. Milly visits the National [Art] Gallery and encounters Kate there with Merton, freshly returned from America.

Susan tells him of Milly's withdrawal—she has turned her face to the wall and is dying. He goes to see Milly but is turned away at the palace. This is exactly what Merton wants, but Kate simply turns out the door and tells him they can never go back. We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our feelings for ourselves and for each other, not to wait another day. Nonetheless she has continued to meet with Merton in secret, though he is growing increasingly impatient for her to leave her aunt and marry him. are paraphrases of its commentary. Remembering Milly’s telling him that she has a “good feeling… everything’s going to happen for you soon,” Merton steps out of a gondola with two suitcases, turns a corner and is gone from sight. I never minded James’ complex prose. We next encounter Merton in London in December. Parts of The Wings of the Dove are set in Venice.

Having Professor C. post here, now retired from Stanford but for decades a tenured professor in the English department, bumps up my intellectual cred to no end:). Historical memory endows 1910 with an aura of foreboding. She had met Densher in NY while he was working there [not so in the movie] and she wishes to look him up in London. Merton comes to Lancaster Gate, the locale of Maud's overly ornate residence. Susan knew Maud when they were at the Vevey school together and she writes her [also omitted in the movie]. She denies this possibility, based on Kate's lack of comments to this effect—he challenges Kate's honesty and then leaves. Subsequently, Milly makes light of her medical condition to Kate. Well, this post certainly brought out everyone’s testosterone didn’t it:). I do hope there is no need for the red pen and thank you again for a great post and bringing Prof C’s archived selections to my attention. He disapproves of her boyfriend, Merton Densher. He must have learned this when proposing to Kate. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable motives, while others are more self-interested. By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from Shmoop and verify that you are over the age of 13. Perhaps The Wings of the Dove does not quite rank up there with The Golden Bowl, but this elegant novel is one of James’s best. He says he will take care of her and advises Milly to live life. If not, and if anyone wants me to edit at all, send me an email and I will get out my red pen. was very good, Kate plans to leave town while Merton is maneuvering to marry Milly.

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