The Aspern Papers

THE ASPERN PAPERS

By Henry James

First American book edition,

Macmillan and Co., 1888.

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I had taken Mrs. Prest into my confidence; in truth without her I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips. It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot. It is not supposed to be th...