The Coxon Fund
Henry James
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Description
Henry James wrote The Coxon Fund, here in the Martin Secker edition first published in London in 1915, with a text following the Definitive Edition. An unnamed narrator tells the tale. Riding back to the station one evening, he tells himself that his friends have got Mr. Saltram for life.
Alone in the train from Wimbledon to Waterloo, he softens the claim. The Mulvilles will not keep a monopoly of Saltram. Many people will sooner or later have the honor of dealing with him whole. Saltram is to stay all winter with the Mulvilles, whose patience the narrator admires. At dinner that first evening the guest wore new, mostly purple slippers of some queer carpet-stuff, while his hosts still feared higher bidders might snatch him away.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Henry James |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 127 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |