[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently placed, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.


Boon (1915), ch. 4, sec. 3


[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on ...

[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on ...

[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on ...

[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on ...