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The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James

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Book name: The Beast in the Jungle (2024)
Category: Destiny
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Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1903, midnight
The novel revolves around a man who lives his life in fear of an unknown catastrophe, which he refers to as "the beast in the jungle". He spends his entire life waiting for this event, ignoring opportunities for love and happiness in the process. In the end, he realizes that the catastrophe he feared was the wasted potential of his own life, having spent it in anticipation of a disaster that never came. The 11179th greatest book of all time

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Henry James

Henry James

25 books

Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
He is best known for his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between émigré Americans, the English, and continental Europeans, such as T… Read more