{"product_id":"the-figure-in-the-carpet-henry-james-9781544922096","title":"The figure in the carpet","description":"The narrator, a writer for a literary newspaper, prides himself on his astute review of Hugh Vereker's latest novel. Vereker inadvertently dismisses his efforts, and then to repair his incivility, confides in the narrator that all critics have \"missed my little point,\" \"the particular thing I've written my books most for,\" \"the thing for the critic to find,\" \"my secret,\" \"like a complex figure in a Persian carpet.\" The narrator racks his brains and, in desperation, tells his friend Corvick of the puzzle. Corvick and his novelist fiancée, Gwendolen, pursue \"the trick\" without success until Corvick, traveling alone in India, wires Gwendolen and the narrator \"Eureka! Immense.\" He refuses, however, to divulge the secret to Gwendolen until after they are married, and then dies in an accident. Since Gwendolen refuses to share her knowledge, the narrator speculates, \"the figure in the carpet [was] traceable or describable only for husbands and wives-for lovers supremely united.\" She remarries, and after her death, the narrator approaches her new husband to discover the secret. But the widowed husband is surprised and humiliated by the news of his late wife's great \"secret,\" and he and the narrator conclude by sharing the same curiosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1544922094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781544922096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d","brand":"Henry James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425326022911,"sku":"9781544922096","price":7.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_395fe5dc-5c68-4648-a4cb-6fed44401cd7.jpg?v=1761538460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-figure-in-the-carpet-henry-james-9781544922096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}