The Spoils of Poynton - Henry James

Category: Classic, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: 1800's Family Greed Marriage Social Drama

Written by Henry James
Read by Maureen O’Brien
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

The Spoils of Poynton is a compelling story about the fight between possessions, morals and love. It was originally published as part of a 1896 series in The Atlantic Monthly under the title The Old Things.

Mrs Gereth, a wealthy widow, is dreading the day that her son, Owen, gets married. She hopes that he will marry a woman who will appreciate their home and all of its treasures as she does. So she enlists the help of Fleda Vetch to try to corrupt the impending marriage of her son and Mona Brigstock - a philistine who is determined to marry Owen in order to inherit Mrs Gereth’s valuable possessions and home by any means.

Meanwhile, Fleda hides her real feelings towards Owen. Even when he ends up feeling the same way, Fleda cannot bring herself to marry him as this would force him to break his engagement to Mona, and thus betray all of her own ideals.

May 15 2009
7 hrs and 29 mins