Title of the novel
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The Golden Bowl
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Write an introduction
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This novel is one
of the great novel by Henry James. The story revolves around a
beautiful, but cracked, golden bowl and the secrets this bowl allows to
surface.
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What is the novel about?
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The novel tells
about Maggie Verver who saves her marriage although her husband has affair
with is ex girlfriend. And actually that girl is her best friend and her
father’s wife.
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How many characters are in that novel?
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There are ten
characters in this novel. There are Prince
Amerigo, Maggie Verver, Charlotte Stant, Adam Verver, Fanny Assingham,
Colonel Robert 'Bob' Assignham, Mrs. Rance, The Principino, Lady Castledean.
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What was your favourite part or character?
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My favourite character
is Maggie Verver, because she can save her marriage with her own way. At
beginning she is innocent child but when she has a problem she can stands as
a woman and saves her marriage. It makes her husband realizes awith Maggie
and regret with what he has done.
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How is the plot?
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Prince Amerigo, an impoverished but charismatic Italian nobleman, is
in London for his marriage to Maggie Verver, only child of the widower Adam
Verver, the fabulously wealthy American financier and art collector. While
there, he re-encounters Charlotte Stant, another young American and a former
mistress from his days in Rome; they met in Mrs. Assingham's drawing room.
Charlotte is not wealthy, which is one reason they did not marry. Maggie and
Charlotte have been dear friends since childhood, although Maggie doesn't
know of Charlotte and Amerigo's past relationship. Charlotte and Amerigo go
shopping together for a wedding present for Maggie. They find a curiosity
shop where the shopkeeper offers them an antique gilded crystal bowl. The
Prince declines to purchase it, as he suspects it contains a hidden flaw.
After Maggie's marriage, she is afraid that her father has become lonely,
as they had been close for years. She persuades him to propose to Charlotte,
who accepts Adam's proposal. Soon after their wedding, Charlotte and Amerigo
are thrown together because their respective spouses seem more interested in
their father-daughter relationship than in their marriages. Amerigo and
Charlotte finally consummate an adulterous affair.
Maggie begins to suspect the pair. She happens to go to the same shop and
buys the golden bowl they had rejected. Regretting the high price he charged
her, the shopkeeper visits Maggie and confesses to overcharging. At her home,
he sees photographs of Amerigo and Charlotte. He tells Maggie of the pair's
shopping trip on the eve of her marriage and their intimate conversation in
his shop. (They had spoken Italian, but he understands the language.)
Maggie confronts Amerigo. She begins a secret campaign to separate him
and Charlotte while never revealing their affair to her father. Also
concealing her knowledge from Charlotte and denying any change to their
friendship, she gradually persuades her father to return to America with his
wife. After previously regarding Maggie as a naïve, immature American, the
Prince seems impressed by his wife's delicate diplomacy. The novel ends with
Adam and Charlotte Verver about to depart for the United States. Amerigo says
he can "see nothing but" Maggie and embraces her.
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Who would you recommend the book to?
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The book or the
novel recommend to everyone who like read novels or the students who do
research in literature, this book can be one of the reference.
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