Henry James: Novels 1901-1902: The Sacred Fount / The Wings of the Dove (Library of America)

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This volume brings together The Sacred Fount (1901), one of Henry James's most unusual experiments, and The Wings of the Dove (1902), one of his most beloved masterpieces and the novel that inaugurated the majestic and intricate "late phase" of his literary career.

Writing to his friend William Dean Howells, James characterized The Sacred Fount, the only one of his novels to be told in the first person, as "a fine flight into the high fantastic." While traveling to the country house of Newmarch for a weekend party, the nameless narrator becomes obsessed with the idea that a person may become younger or cleverer by tapping the "sacred fount" of another person. Convinced that Grace Brissenden has become younger by drawing upon her husband, Guy, the narrator seeks to discover the source of the newfound wit of Gilbert Long, previously "a fine piece of human furniture." His perplexing and ambiguous quest, and the varying reactions it provokes from the other guests, calls into question the imaginative inquiry central to James's art of the novel.

James described the essential idea of The Wings of the Dove as "a young person conscious of a great capacity for life, but early stricken and doomed, condemned to die under short respite, while also enamoured of the world." The heroine, a wealthy young American heiress, Milly Theale (inspired by James's beloved cousin Minny Temple), is slowly drawn into a trap set for her by the English adventuress Kate Croy and her lover, the journalist Morton Densher. The unexpected outcome of their mercenary scheme provides the resolution to a tragic story of love and betrayal, innocence and experience that has long been acknowledged as one of James's supreme achievements as a novelist. This volume prints the New York Edition text of The Wings of the Dove, and includes the illuminating preface James wrote for that edition.

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The Edition In Itself.......2006-06-30

The three stars are aimed at the edition, rather than the work itself (The Master is never less than a 4 [although, I prefer his middle period to his later period].)

The edition falls short in the in inclusion of The Sacred Fount. Any edition which includes The Wings of the Dove should necessarily include The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl. These works are the core of his late oeuvre, and should be presented together. The Sacred Fount is interesting, but just that and nothing more. Obviously, the LOA had their mind on their money and their money on their mind when they produced this volume, thus doing a disservice to James lovers by not allowing them to have the Big Three in one package.

As far as the usage of the New York Edition, I'm absolutely fine with that decision: It's the last version touched by James and obviously the one he wanted to leave to his readers. It's his last word on his art, and we should respect that. If you want to track his artisitic development, buy a less expensive volume of the early version.

The combination of two of the greatest stories from during the turn of the nineteenth century.......2006-04-04

Henry James: Novels 1901-1902: The Sacred Fount & The Wings Of The Dove by Henry James, now released in current edition edited by Leo Bersani, is the combination of two of the greatest stories from during the turn of the nineteenth century. Composed of The Sacred Fount, the only of Henry James' stories to have been told in the first person perspective, and The Wings Of The Dove, as one of the greatest stories told by Henry James, Henry James: Novels 1901-1902 is an esteemed collection of two very great landmarkers in literary history. An important addition to either academic or public library system, Henry James: Novels 1901-1902 is very strongly recommended to all students of literature as well as collectors of Henry James greatest and most known works.

Why use the text of the New York Edition?!.......2006-03-10

Every previous volume of Henry James -- 4 volumes of novels and 5 volumes of stories -- does *NOT* use the New York Edition, preferring instead the earliest printed book edition (novels) or the earliest periodical text (stories).

This gives us a picture of James' evolving artistry over time.

Now, for some inexplicable reason, Bersani chooses to use the New York text for Wings.

WHY???

One star.

LOA -- DUMB AND DUMBER.......2006-02-27

LOA blunders yet again, this time by inexcusably BOTCHING the volume that should have been the absolute capstone of the series: Wings, Ambassadors, Golden Bowl.

Instead, LOA will round out the series of Henry James' novels by publishing 4 less-than-generous volumes instead of the expected 3.

Here is what LOA should have published:

Novels 1896-1901

Other House
Spoils of Poynton
What Maisie Knew
Awkward Age
Sacred Fount
_________________
~1200 pages

Novels 1902-1904

Wings of the Dove
Ambassadors
Golden Bowl
_________________
~1400 pages

Novels 1911-1916

Outcry
Ivory Tower (unfinished)
Sense of the Past (unfinished)
_________________
~700 pages

Unfortunately, here is what they will actually publish:

Novels 1896-1898

Other House
Spoils of Poynton
What Maisie Knew
Awkward Age
_________________
~1000 pages

Novels 1901-1902

Sacred Fount
Wings of the Dove
_________________
~700 pages

Novels 1903-1904

Ambassadors
Golden Bowl
_________________
~900 pages

Novels 1911-1916

Outcry
Ivory Tower (unfinished)
Sense of the Past (unfinished)
_________________
~700 pages

Clearly, LOA will publish 4 volumes where 3 would suffice. They will doubtless use the extra revenue to fund such "choice" volumes as 6+ volumes of journalism (scoff!), movie criticism (ha!), and the "lyrics" of Cole Porter (groan). (Notice that those "lyrics" are not called "poems" -- because they most decidedly are not!) What's next? Journalism of the 1970s and 80s? The "lyrics" of Bob Dylan? The movie -- er, excuse me, "film" -- criticism of Siskel and Ebert?!

Not to mention that this volume reprints the New York Edition text of Wings, while every previous volume of novels reprints the first book edition. What an egregious editorial oversight... Plus, LOA pads this volume by including the Preface to the New York Edition, which is already included in the James volumes of literary criticism. LOA has resorted to publishing the same content twice!

With every passing year, LOA gets stingier and stingier. And with every passing year, its standard of what constitutes canonical writing falls ever, ever lower.

This volume rates at best one star on account of its meagre page count, incompetent textual editing, and shockingly poor series planning.

LOA's supporters are propping up an organization that has clearly lost sight of its original mission.

The Wings of the Dove (Modern Library Classics)

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Dazzling
Oh Henry James, Why Did You Hate Your Readers So?
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Innocence in Flight

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Release Date: 2003-04-08

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Set amid the splendor of London drawing rooms and gilded Venetian palazzos, The Wings of the Dove is the story of Milly Theale, a naïve, doomed American heiress, and a pair of lovers, Kate Croy and Merton Densher, who conspire to obtain her fortune. In this witty tragedy of treachery, self-deception, and betrayal, Henry James weaves together three ill-fated and wholly human destinies unexpectedly linked by desire, greed, and salvation. As Amy Bloom writes in her Introduction, “ The Wings of the Dove is a novel of intimacy. . . . [James] gives us passion, he gives us love in its terrible and enchanting forms.”

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Dazzling.......2006-12-19

I've read this novel half a dozen times over the years and my admiration for it grows more and more. James is as deeply experimental in his own highly iddiosyncratic manner as Joyce and Virginia Woolf were, taking us into the human psyche in new ways, echoing patterns of thought and subtleties of feeling as no one had ever done before. All of this genius is in service of a dark story of death and betrayal. When I first read the book, I had not suffered in love or suffered deeply in any way and while I enjoyed where it took me, I didn't resonate to it. As the years went by, however, it meant more and more to me. It's not to be read by the young or callow, by people expecting easy flash and false fire, by those who thought A Million Little Pieces was well written or even true. It's written at a pace that demands shifting one's perspective to a slower time, to a carriage ride, or better still, a ride in gondola. James loved his readers, loved the world, loved his craft, loved Venice, loved Milly Theale--the book bursts with it. Like The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl, The Wings of the Dove is demanding, but the rewards are rich and rare.

Oh Henry James, Why Did You Hate Your Readers So?.......2004-03-10

Some authors (let's say William Faulkner, for example) are able to challenge their readers without alienating them. While reading Faulkner, I know I am in the hands of a master who is not going to let me flounder. He's passionate about the story he wants to tell, and he wants me to get as much from it as he himself does.

Then there are the other authors (like....oh, I don't know....Henry James perhaps) who get so involved in the story they are telling that they forget they are trying to tell it to somebody. What us unlucky readers get, as a result, is a thick, ponderous, obtuse work of fiction that will likely mean much more to its author than to anybody else.

What is "The Wings of the Dove" about, you ask? I don't really know. It has something to do with two forbidden lovers plotting to abscond with the fortune of an ailing American heiress, and at a higher level it's about American innocence being corrupted by European cynicism. But it doesn't much matter what the novel is about, because all ideas and developments are buried underneath a mountain of suffocating prose that foils all attempts at comprehension.

I don't know how James got the reputation for being a poetic, beautiful writer. Rarely have I run into writing more clunky in nature, every sentence chopped into pieces with the shrapnel of commas and dependent clauses. This novel feels like a rough draft; it's as if James first got all of his ideas down on paper no matter how awkwardly, but then forgot to go back and clean it up. I don't really care for Hemingway much either, but I'm craving his pointed, crystalline prose just to wash the taste of James from my mouth.

better than I'd expected . . ........2003-07-04

It's easy to get overwhelmed by the joy an author takes in their subject. Certainly Henry James had but one: The innocence and naiveity of young America getting seduced, transformed and all-together changed by its confrontation with an old world Europe that is more brutal and desperate than all the regularly criticized American vulgarities. Now James was a consummate stylist--a brilliant writer of carefully diagrammed and constructed sentences and an, at times, of needless and excessively subtle growing menace. This can make for an often turgid, frequently dull narrative--the work of a man far more interested in style than in the substance of anything actually going on in his shrouded characters' lives.

Fortunately The Wings of the Dove is a better example of James at work: a plot that is outlined from the very beginning and a consistant approach to his theme that hardly ever bogs down with over-explanation. It is a good book, an at times even brilliant book, with a story that is clearly inevitable but with enough emphasis on its character's individual humanity to allow for disclosure of independant diversions.

I had little interest in this book when I started, my experience with James ruined in the past by the pretention of college professors and a sodden girth of contrary critical study, each promoting a specific agenda more concerned with condemning one view than with promoting another. This book is no doubt open to just as furious a debate as, say, Portrait of a Lady or The Bostonians (although with such a tame story, as with all, that I have considerable doubt that enough of today's readers can be inspired to even care--), but it remains more focused on telling its story than in confusing the reader by expressing the confused frame of its characters' perceptions.

Better than average stuff from that still school of dialectitions who seem somehow so nervous and rigid when relating all those dark urges they know are buried underneath.

Innocence in Flight.......2003-05-27

This is a story with an evocative London and Venetian setting that features two young women; Kate, a rare English Rose, and Millie, an American heiress. Their 'instant sisterhood,'with its questionable roots and rapid development is dramatically loving on a surface that hides a whirlpool of darker motives. The English girl has the manor and the man; while the American has the wealth and the tragic curses that often accompany it. Beautiful Kate, is in love with Merton Densher, a journalist with an education and a job, but with very little money. Though they wish to marry, Kate's aunt, who is her benefactress, opposes it and threatens to cut her neice off, should she procede against her wishes. Kate also comes from a cursed family. Her mother is dead, from worry, generated from her rogue yet romantic father. His gambling and generally shameful behavior is only underscored by the fact that he rejects Kate's offer to give up her aunt's protection and come to him as his hostess. That he refuses and urges her back to the manor and the manipulation, that he is reinforced by her two elder sisters who also see dollar signs throughout; may serve as some justification for Kate's calculated and extreme betrayal and exploitation of the American, Millie.
James provides opulent settings and rare, ravishing beauty with an almost addictive love angle. Yet, the story is somewhat too narrow for the length of the book. The characters are believable and compelling, but they merely tease the reader into thinking that they are changing creating some confusion and sense of plodding. This book however, is a major moral statement about the nature of love and the fine line of sin that often intersects it. The decisions that Kate made and Merton reluctantly agreed to carry out, with regard to Millie; ultimately, like a devil's pact, lead to the desired end which is no longer either desirable or emotionally palatable to the victors. Beyond that, Kate too, cold and quick, is herself a victim; of a family, a culture and of a paradoxical passion which she cannot for all of her skepticism, eliminate.
Not the best James by a long shot, but an interesting peak into his later life insistence on retribution as dealt to those guilty of ravaging betrayal.

The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics)

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An Old-Fashioned Genius

The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics)
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The Wings of the Dove is a classic example of Henry James's morality tales that play off the naiveté of an American protagonist abroad. In early-20th-century London, Kate Croy and Merton Densher are engaged in a passionate, clandestine love affair. Croy is desperately in love with Densher, who has all the qualities of a potentially excellent husband: he's handsome, witty, and idealistic--the one thing he lacks is money, which ultimately renders him unsuitable as a mate. By chance, Croy befriends a young American heiress, Milly Theale. When Croy discovers that Theale suffers from a mysterious and fatal malady, she hatches a plan that can give all three characters something that they want--at a price. Croy and Densher plan to accompany the young woman to Venice where Densher, according to Croy's design, will seduce the ailing heiress. The two hope that Theale will find love and happiness in her last days and--when she dies--will leave her fortune to Densher, so that he and Croy can live happily ever after. The scheme that at first develops as planned begins to founder when Theale discovers the pair's true motives shortly before her death. Densher struggles with unanticipated feelings of love for his new paramour, and his guilt may obstruct his ability to avail himself of Theale's gift. James deftly navigates the complexities and irony of such moral treachery in this stirring novel.

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Of the three late masterpieces that crown the extraordinary literary achievement of Henry James, The Wings of the Dove (1902) is at once the most personal and the most elemental. James drew on the memory of a beloved cousin who died young to create one of the three central characters, Milly Theale, an heiress with a short time to live and a passion for experiencing life to its fullest. To the creation of the other two, Merton Densher and the magnificent, predatory Kate Croy, who conspire in an act of deceit and betrayal, he brought a lifetime's distilled wisdom about the frailty of the human soul when it is trapped in the depths of need and desire. And he brought to the drama that unites these three characters, in the drawing rooms of London and on the storm-lit piazzas of Venice, a starkness and classical purity almost unprecedented in his work. Under its brilliant, coruscating surfaces, beyond the scrim of its marvelous rhetorical and psychological devices, The Wings of the Dove offers an unfettered vision of our civilization and its discontents. It represents a culmination of James's art and, as such, of the art of the novel itself.

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Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house, a young American heiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale, who seems to have the world before her and at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life, eager for love, she embarks on her European adventure, warming to the admiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kate are secretly engaged, and come to see in this 'angel with a thumping bank account' a solution to their own problems. For the remarkable Kate, scheming, passionate, poetic, also wants to live... This edition uses the text of the New York Edition, with James's Preface.

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To Betray Others Is To Betray Yourself.......2006-08-14

By the time Henry James had written WINGS OF THE DOVE in 1902, most of his best work was behind him. In many of these novels and short stories, James had shown a fascination with the theme of the new world American bumping into the old world European. Just as James himself seemed unable to label himself definitively as one or the other, so do many of his characters muck about with some Americans coming off as country bumpkins while other Americans have old-world fineness and grace hardwired into their genes. In WINGS OF THE DOVE, Milly Theale is an American heiress whose inner qualities James deliberately obscures. She is wealthy, beautiful, good-hearted--and dying. Milly seems too good to be true, and of course she is; she suffers not only from the dread disease of cancer but the equally dread disease of emotional blindness. Milly decides to take a trip to Europe, where she encounters her doppleganger, Kate Croy. Millie sees Kate as having a feral aggressiveness that Millie admires but can never duplicate. Yet, both Kate and Millie soon discover points in common: they like and admire one another, and more disturbingly they both love the same man, Merton Densher. James complicates the plot in a manner worthy of a soap opera. Kate discovers that Millie is dying and hatches a plan breathtaking in its audacity. Merton, who is both poor and secretly engaged to Kate, must worm his way into the affections of Millie, whom he will marry. Then, after her expected demise, he will inherit Millie's fortune, and thus be free to marry Kate.

The problem with this plan becomes clear when we find out that it is one thing for two otherwise honorable people to contemplate deceitful actions and quite another for them to actually have the mental toughness to carry it out. James keeps the reader involved in this unlikely plan by shifting focus from victim to plotter. Millie is so good so kind that her only flaw is her inability to see what is right in front of her nose and yet this is quite enough to cause her undoing. If Kate were no more than a heartless backstabber, then the novel would have a huge hole in the plot where there ought to be some convincing motivation. James sidesteps this dilemma by making both Merton and Kate fully rounded characters, both of whom are fully aware of what they are doing and why, but unable to come up with another scenario that would permit them to marry. Kate is now the dramatic center. It is she who sizes up her own unhappy situation. It is she who correctly assesses Millie's feelings for Merton. And it is she who weighs cost versus benefit and decides that the latter outweighs the former. Of course, their plans go predictably awry when Millie discovers their plan and breaks up with Merton. Millie dies, and astoundingly, her will yet provides money for Merton. And it is here that James allows the moneyed world of the obtuse American to meld with that of the flawed but decent European. Kate and Merton then must ponder whether their consciences will permit them to accept the largesse of a woman who has forgiven them from beyond the grave.

WINGS OF THE DOVE is a superb novel that explores what it means to be kind and decent. For those who might be inclined to these noble qualities, Henry James suggests that decency and self-interest need not be mutually exclusive so long as one can be honest enough with all concerned. Such difficult questions are not limited only to a Kate and Merton who must stare at an envelope and decide whether it holds their future or their past.

A real slog.......2005-07-08

I know H. James is considered one of the "Greats" of American literature and I question my taste for hating most of his writing. With few exceptions I think he is a pretentious purveyor of obscurantism. I read Wings of the Dove many years ago in the days when I would not allow myself to set aside books I did not enjoy. I recently picked up a collection of his short stories and remembered why I disliked him so much. Now in my old age I had no pangs of conscience when I happily closed the book before finishing it. If more of the stories had been like Daisy Miller I would have proceeded further but unfortunately much of the writing reminded me of Wings. I am currently seeking relief from Henry's turgid prose by reading Hemingway. I'd trade in a Henry for an Ernie any day. It's also difficult to like Mr. James' snobbish, shallow and unsympathetic characters. The more sympathetic ones were obscured by his heavy hand and my impatience with his style.

Worth it if you work for it.......2004-01-23

You really have to work for what you get out of this book. The thick prose is difficult, and the long, rambling sentences and page-and-a-half paragraphs require the whole of the reader's attention. This is certainly not a book that I would be able to read on a trip, in a public place, or when I'm tired. That having been said, this is a great piece of literature that demonstrates an interesting contrast in European and American society. The story revolves around a conspiracy by two individuals, Kate Croy and Merton Densher (both Londoners), against a young, rich American girl named Milly. The ultimate goal of these two is to get the dying Milly's vast fortune for themselves when she dies. Densher, who is not a wealthy man, would by gaining Milly's fortune to gain enough social standing to gain the consent of Kate's rich aunt Maud for Kate's hand in marriage.

The motives of the pair are not completely selfish. Milly is dying, it is true, but as long as she enjoys life she does well, and the doctor pronounces that the more joy she can have, the better. Kate is a good friend of Milly's, and knows (or at least thinks) that her last days will be happy with even the artificial love of Densher.

The contrast between American and European society comes in the question of social standing. As Maud puts it, and as everyone understands it, Densher is not 'good enough' for Kate. Milly, though many times more wealthy, has no such scruples, and the common Densher is plenty good for her, even though she's also being pursued by a nobleman named Lord Mark. Milly sees Densher's personality as the core of her fondness for him, and cares nothing for his social standing. Maud, though she really likes Densher, will not consent to Kate's marriage to him for the simple fact that he is, essentially, nobody.

The ultimate distinction between Europe and America is the fact that the Europeans, especially Aunt Maud, will do nothing for anybody unless it will somehow benefit themselves. Maud is a grand hostess, and a generous woman, but only when it works to her advantage. The climax of the novel is when Milly proves herself the stronger in character, by committing an act so charitable, though she knows of the plot against her, that only Densher can truly understand it, and Kate is left at a loss. Densher and Kate have a chance to redeem themselves, and the truly climactic finish of the novel is an interesting look at how the Londoners (Kate and Densher), so different in social standing, deal with this chance.

Overall this is a very good book. I would not call it an enjoyable read, because of the complex and often confusing prose, but it nevertheless is worth reading, both for the message it conveys and for the fascinating and multifaceted characters.

tough but worthwhile.......2003-05-29

One of the great reads of Western literature is a beautiful love story of deceit and social requirements, containing James' most demanding narration. Travel carefully. A pure exercise in literary trickery becomes quite clear over time, even if, not every sentence will make sense. Amazing that such thick prose finally reveals a truly heartfelt story. The characters all speak like James writes: with commas in between their words. Good thing they're all fascinating enough to hold your attention.

An Old-Fashioned Genius.......2003-05-22

Two responses to previous reviews: it was written one hundred years ago, so it would of course be somewhat dated. Second, you should perhaps READ THE ENTIRE BOOK before you attempt to review the text.

The text follows the fascinating development of a manipulation: Milly Theale, an American woman, enters the London scene, endowed with prodigious wealth, youth, and beauty, and several characters vie for her affection. It's a standard James plot in that way. Much like Portrait of a Lady, the wealthy American is exploited by her European acquaintances. Kate Croy convinces her lover Merton Densher to take advantage of Milly's interest in him, and to go so far as to attempt to marry the young American for her money. She is, after all, fatally and tragically ill. James brilliantly depicts the struggle between Densher, Kate Croy, her powerful Aunt Maud, the piquant Susan Shepherd, Sir Luke, and Lord Mark, and his characteristically enigmatic ending does not disappoint. James manages to breathe life into these odd characters in a way that so few writers can: his genius is for complex character, and this book embodies that genius at its height.

The trouble with the book, however, is that it does not qualify as a "light read." The pace is incredibly slow - deliberately slow, of course. It is a novel about decisions, and the development of those decisions constitutes the bulk of the novel. James's prose does lack the terseness of a Hemingway, but the latter writer often fails to capture the nuances that James so elaborately evokes in his careful prose.

James, like Faulkner, is not for the faint of heart. Some of his work is more accessible; readers in search of a more palatable James should look to Washington Square, What Maisie Knew, or his popular masterpiece, The Turn of the Screw. This novel does not fit easily into a category, and its principal interest is that very quality of inscrutability. It's not really a "British" or an "American" novel but contains elements of both. It's not "Modern" or "Victorian" but both. Originally published in 1902, it's also not easy to include him in either the 19th or the 20th century. He appears to be writing in both.

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The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. The "Textual Appendix" includes notes on the novel's textual history and lists all substantive revisions that James made to the novel, both in 1902 and in 1909.

"The Author and the Novel," introduced by editorial commentary and new to the Second Edition, includes selections from James's notebooks, letters, travel books, and autobiographical writings, which illuminate his conception and assessment of The Wings of the Dove. "Criticism" reflects the lively interpretive and theoretical writing that The Wings of the Dove has enjoyed since the previous edition was published in 1978. Eleven essays are included, seven of them new to the Second Edition, including Anthony J. Mazzella's piece on film adaptation.

About the series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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Answering the call to bless others.

Leaving all to follow God's call...

On the Wings of a Dove: An African Missionary Odyssey
Grant H., Ph.d. Moore
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Answering the call to bless others........2007-03-20

"On the Wings of a Dove" is a wonderful book. I love how Dr. Moore gets open and shares things to make the reader understand him as a person better. How he gives up the comforts of life to allow himself to be used greatly for the kingdom of God. Yet by doing so he gains so much by doing so.
This book is an encouragement to anyone who is in ministry or has a desire to answer the call of ministry. It reminds me how blessed I truly am. And that when you give of your self and serve others, how much more will God turn around and bless you because of your obedience and faithfulness.
I pray that you will be blessed as much as I was by reading this book & that you will let it sink into your heart. I pray that you will gain a greater heart for the hurting and the lost.
God Bless

Leaving all to follow God's call..........2006-03-05

How often have you heard a story about someone whose love for a people of another culture so permeates his being that even when compelled to leave their country at the order of a Marxist dictator, he holds fast to his love for them despite years of separation? Rarely, if ever, I am sure. Yet this is exactly what this book portrays -- someone who has heard a call from God so clearly and so profoundly that together with his beloved wife and three children, he leaves his homeland for the distant shores of a poverty-stricken nation in West Africa, there to spend his life in loving labor for those to whom Jesus is a mere name, if they have heard of him at all. It is a story of sacrifice, but mysteriously that sacrifice brings not only back-breaking toil and heart-wrenching sorrow but also exhilarating joy and fulfillment beyond all imagining. On the Wings of a Dove is a reminder that human beings are made not for self-aggrandizement but for self-giving, which alone can bring true fulfillment.

The Wings of the Dove Volume I (Large Print)

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The Wings of the Dove Volume I (Large Print)
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One of the most remarkable novels of James’ final period, “The Wings of the Dove” was first published in 1902.

The Wings of the Dove (Modern Library MM)

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Spectacular!
I thought it was fabulous.
It's got it all
With each page turned, the farther hooked I got!!

Wings of a Dove (Love Spell)
Elaine Barbieri
Manufacturer: Love Spell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 050552323X

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Spectacular!.......2002-03-23

Prepare to laugh, cry, prepare to be moved as never before, prepare to be totally and utterly enchanted with this amazing, beautiful, moving story..

When 10yr-old Allie Pearce's mom dies, she's whisked off to a children's home, and given the chance to travel with a group of other children across America in order to find new homes. In the train ride, she's terrified, that is until she spots a locket that has the picture of Virgin Mary engraved on, and is on a chain around 15 yr old Delaney Marsh's neck. She was scared..Delany was rumoured to have just gotten out of jail, and she had seen the hard look on his face, in those bright eyes that seem to see right through her, when he was fighting with that boy the other day. But she had to try...

"Allie took a deep breath. She carefully reached towards the locket..Suddenly Delany woke up. He reached and grabbed her wrist "What do you think you are doing?" ..."I wasnt trying to steal it..i just wanted to borrow it for a while..I wish I could buy it. If I had it, God would hear my prayers" Delaney's mocking laughter made Allie forget her fear and lifting her chin with pride. "My mom used to say that God would always hear her prayers when she was holding a locket like this in her hands.."
Delaney hesitated and then led her hand towards the locket..Allie reached towards the locket..she closed her eyes and prayed. She was tired but felt oddly at peace. For the first time after many months she felt close to God and her mom.
Delany turned and looked at the face of the litle girl that was sleeping beside him. She was a pale, weak little creature. He looked at her hand that was still loosely holding his locket. He tried to choke the forgotten sorrow that suddenly woke up inside him..."

This was the start of a wonderful friendship. Although tough, strong, rough Delaney didnt want to, the little girl that crawled up against him and gave him her trust, had crawled in his soul forever. Without wanting to, he had made a silent promise to always protect her. He didn't know but Allie had made the same promise too..

After they are both adopted by the same family, their friendship grows through the years. Delaney does not get along with the rest of the family but he stays for Allie's sake. He doesn't know what the future holds, and neither does Allie. But they both know they need each other..

This was my first ever romance book and I was captivated. I've read it more than 10 times already, and everytime I read it I'm swamped with the same emotions, the same intensity of the novel.

This is beautiful, captivating, enhancing story of two orphans that grow up together, and come across friendship, love, hardship, pain, bitterness, sorrow and finally...well u just have to read the book don't u?

The books takes us through almost a decade and a half. It's written so good, that you feel Allie's and Delany's need for each other, you hurt with them, you want to see them happy. It's more real than a lot of other romance books that I've read, and believe me I've read a LOT! You will think about it long after you finish reading it...

Allie and Delany were meant for each other..and they were united by a special locket. A locket that send their prayers for each other, for love, happiness up above on the Wings of a Dove..

I thought it was fabulous........1999-07-28

This is the first book I have read of Elaine Barbieri and I thought it was very well written. I enjoyed that it covered a long space of time. It made you feel like you was a part of the story. I plan to read more of her books.

It's got it all.......1998-11-12

The story made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me happy, it made me angry. Quite brilliant writing. I recommend you read it.

With each page turned, the farther hooked I got!!.......1998-08-24

I admit I'm a young reader, and don't have the experience with the ride variety out there. But this book trap me inside it's story from the first paragraph to the last word!! I tuned out everything and every one and just read and read and read and read!! I must say that the moral of this book sure brought new hope and light into view as far as my own life's goals go. I hope you enjoy it just as well.

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The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
Henry James
Manufacturer: Modern Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K00YTW

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