Author(s): James, Henry
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0267
Barcode: 9781781980484
Release Date: 01/2017

JAMES, H.: Wings of the Dove (The) (Unabridged)

Milly Theale is a young, beautiful and fabulously wealthy American. When she arrives in London and meets the equally beautiful but impoverished Kate Croy, they form an intimate friendship. But nothing is as it seems: materialism, romance, self-delusion and ultimately fatal illness insidiously contaminate the glamorous social whirl.

Tracklist

Disc 1
James, Henry - Author
Stevenson, Juliet (Reader)
1The Wings of the Dove11:13
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2Life had met him so…11:38
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3'I should have thought you might perhaps guess.'11:45
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4She looked about her and picked up her parasol.11:41
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5Chapter 212:11
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6It wasn't in truth, however…11:07
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Disc 2
1It was after the children's dinner…08:30
Stevenson, Juliet (Reader)
2'Your ideas are the more striking,' Kate returned…08:50
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3Book Second12:32
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4They had found themselves regarding…11:19
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5Kate took one of her walks with Densher…12:03
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6'The tune,' she exclaimed…10:02
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7Densher took this in with marked but generous…10:33
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Disc 3
1Chapter 210:16
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2He recognized at the end of ten minutes…10:00
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3He afterwards felt that if she hadn't absolutely…10:24
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4He had given her indeed, she made no scruple…10:27
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5The beauty was in everything…10:49
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6Book Third11:34
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Disc 4
1For the figure to which these questions…12:16
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2She had arts and idiosyncrasies…11:54
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3Her young friend had in a sublime degree…11:33
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4Chapter 210:18
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5Milly had for the third time her air…11:00
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6She presently put it that, at any rate…08:13
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Disc 5
1Book Fourth11:05
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2He threw out the question, which seemed large…11:52
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3Milly followed this…10:32
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4She neglected his question for a little…11:10
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5Chapter 213:51
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6It was meanwhile a pretty part…13:31
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Disc 6
1These were fine facilities…04:43
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2Chapter 310:14
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3It would have taken but another free moment…10:29
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4'She wished me, if I cared for Kate, to know,'…10:03
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5Milly looked at her as if she were almost…10:22
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6Book Fifth20:15
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7Chapter 205:46
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Disc 7
1It was all the while for Milly…10:50
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2Thus it was that, aloft there in the great gilded…08:55
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3Chapter 311:16
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4It was exactly as if, in the forty-eight hours…12:02
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5It put forward the bold idea…10:40
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6Chapter 414:34
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Disc 8
1Milly had her rent to pay…13:44
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2Chapter 512:12
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3For Mrs. Lowder also moreover…12:49
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4Chapter 608:54
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5The odd thing furthermore…09:12
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6Really at last, thus, it had been too much…08:55
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Disc 9
1Chapter 711:04
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2This was a gentleman in the middle of the place…08:19
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3The help was fairly rendered before they left…12:36
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4Book Sixth12:27
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5It would have been open to her, no doubt…13:12
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Disc 10
1Chapter 210:37
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2He had really at this to make out a little…10:04
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3Kate so possessed her facts, as it were…09:58
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4Chapter 309:46
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5The drama, at all events…11:17
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6He asked nothing better.10:38
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Disc 11
1Chapter 411:14
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2'I want,' said the girl…11:11
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3She went with him a few steps…09:41
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4'Then how could she suppose you weren't…?'12:30
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5Chapter 508:59
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6The question the girl had quickly disposed of…09:49
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7At the same time, while many things in quick…08:53
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Disc 12
1'Ah then you will return?'12:54
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2Thus ingeniously discriminating…12:57
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3Book Seventh11:14
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4Milly thought.11:44
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5'I asked nothing,' said poor Susie…11:43
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6Susie faced this new duty.11:04
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Disc 13
1Chapter 211:13
Stevenson, Juliet (Reader)
2The only obstacle to reciprocity with him…10:39
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3Chapter 309:49
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4Mrs. Lowder's success and Kate's…09:58
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5She was out of it at present, for some reason…11:29
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6Chapter 408:16
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7If he could only be touched enough…07:49
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Disc 14
1'What is it you want to know?'09:27
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2By this time she had turned from their window…09:16
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3Well, he showed how beautifully he could take it…10:30
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4Book Eighth11:23
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5It was thanks to her pure talent for life…10:08
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6That came up in all connexions…10:50
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Disc 15
1Chapter 210:10
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2She wished not to have spoiled his morning…09:49
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3There were moments again…10:56
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4Chapter 310:56
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5But she understood in perfection…11:59
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6Much as the change did for the value…09:58
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7As she saw herself, suddenly, he saw her…09:25
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Disc 16
1Densher for an instant, but only for an instant…07:04
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2It wasn't till afterwards that, going back to it…10:34
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3Book Ninth10:22
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4To go with her was the thing…11:08
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5She had for twenty seconds an exquisite pale…10:50
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6Chapter 209:34
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7He did so then, daily, for twenty days…13:31
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Disc 17
1His eye had caught a face within the cafe…08:51
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2The day or two passed…07:18
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3Chapter 311:58
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4His friend, after all, helped him…12:37
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5More and more, for the last five minutes…12:29
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6'I've given her none that hasn't been decently…'10:45
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Disc 18
1Chapter 410:57
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2The facts of physical suffering, of incurable pain…09:17
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3The result of it was the oddest consciousness…11:19
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4Book Tenth10:06
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5She gave him her quietest attention…09:53
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6It was perhaps not as going into it…12:33
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7'Oh!' said Kate.09:46
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Disc 19
1Chapter 209:37
Stevenson, Juliet (Reader)
2Densher had said nothing about his appreciation…13:11
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3Kate came at last by the way he had thought…11:47
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4Chapter 311:34
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5It rather racked him, but he tried to receive it…12:11
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6Chapter 413:47
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Disc 20
1She had the air of thinking what it then might be.13:18
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2Chapter 511:58
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3He only for a minute looked out in silence…11:19
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4Chapter 612:21
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5Yet all the while too the tension had its charm…11:38
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6She was struck – it showed in her face…12:33
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Total Playing Time: 22:54:01