Dimensions
128 x 198 x 19mm
Kate Croy, beautiful, intelligent and desperate to escape her impoverished existence, is drawn into the rich, glossy London world of her formidable Aunt Maud. Maud is determined to launch her on a dazzling future, but Kate is in love with journalist Merton Densher. When Kate discovers the fabulously wealthy and ailing young American, Milly Theale, she invents an intricate scheme that will free her and Merton to marry, and give Milly a last chance for happiness. But the lovers' passionate desires lead them into a dangerous game of deceit and betrayal, whose climax, amid the melancholy beauty of Vencie, is devastating and mysterious.
