Last of the Valerii, The

By James, Henry

Book Id: WPLBN0002951409
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File Size: 36.05 MB
Reproduction Date: 2011

Title:	Last of the Valerii, The
Author:	James, Henry
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Horror/Ghost stories
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Last of the Valerii, The
Historic Publication Date:	1874
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago James, B. H. (1874). Last of the Valerii, The. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
An unnamed American painter resident in Rome serves as narrator in this story, watching as his god-daughter Martha, becomes the wife of Prince Marco Valerio. The young bride is eager to use some of her American fortune in the service of archeology at the Villa Valerio, her husband's somewhat run down Roman house. Archeology can be, her god-father suggests, a rather expensive hobby, but to his (and her) surprise, the dig brings to light a lovely marble statue of Juno. Martha is overjoyed, but it is soon clear that her husband is overcome by the discovery, and overcome in ways that are to be disquieting. In this, as in several of James's stories, there are elements of the supernatural -- or so the reader might invited to believe. To what, in any case, will the discovery lead? (Introduction by Nicholas Clifford

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Horror/Ghost stories