The Jolly Corner
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Paperback
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0.30 kg
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- A ghost story that haunts the living—and the life that might have been.Written in 1908, The Jolly Corner is Henry James’s eerie exploration of identity, regret, and the double self. After thirty-three years abroad, Spencer Brydon returns to New York to inspect the two houses he still owns—one of them the long-shuttered “jolly corner” of his childhood. Wandering its dark corridors at night, Brydon senses an uncanny presence: the man he might have become had he never left America.As footsteps echo on empty staircases and doors close without a breeze, Brydon’s midnight vigils turn into a chilling confrontation with an alter ego ruled by ambition and ruthless commercial success. Is the figure stalking the halls merely a dream, or evidence that every choice casts a living shadow?James fuses psychological realism with supernatural suspense to examine:The road not taken —how alternate lives linger just out of sight.Urban Gothic atmosphere —deserted brownstones, gaslit rooms, and the restless energy of Gilded-Age Manhattan.Self-discovery through terror —why facing one’s potential can be more frightening than any external phantom.Modernity vs. tradition —America’s rapid rise as a commercial power mirrored in Brydon’s spectral double.Slim yet richly layered, The Jolly Corner is perfect for readers who savor classic ghost tales, psychological thrillers, or Henry James’s later, atmospheric fiction. An ideal choice for book clubs, literature courses, or a single moody evening read, this story invites you to step through a creaking doorway and ask: Who would I see, if all my unlived possibilities took form?
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