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View Full Version : Other Fiction James, Henry: The Spoils of Poynton, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.


Patricia
01-13-2008, 11:45 AM
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A young woman, Fleda Vetch, meets Mrs Gereth, who has spent her married life filling her Jacobean house, Poynton, with beautiful things.She is now a widow and the house and its contents pass to her son who is planning to marry a philistine young woman. Can the marriage be prevented? Will Mrs Gereth get to keep her beautiful things?