The Wings of Dove
- ISBN
- 0140023208
- Publisher
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 457
- Genre
- Fiction
- Location
- O15
About the book
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a psychological novel about Milly Theale, a terminally ill American heiress in Europe. Unaware of her impending death, she is targeted by a secretive, impoverished couple Kate Croy and Merton Densher, who plot for Densher to marry Milly to inherit her fortune, leading to a tragic breakdown of love and conscience.