kristykay22 's review for:

Aspern Papers by Henry James

5.0

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Attention archivists: You should read this! A solid and satisfying novel about a literary historian who finds the elderly mistress of a famous poet languishing in a deteriorating Venetian palace with her spinster niece. He goes to great lengths to get his hands on the poet's papers which may or may not still be in the hands of his former lover. Excellent in every way.