

The Aspern Papers
Author: Henry James
Narrator: David Thorn
Unabridged: 4 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks
Published: 02/20/2014
Categories: Fiction, Classic, Literary Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Henry James
Narrator: David Thorn
Unabridged: 4 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks
Published: 02/20/2014
Categories: Fiction, Classic, Literary Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author and master of literary realism. He split his time between America and Europe, eventually settling in England. Consequently, his novels are known for their interactions between American and European characters. He was one first American novelists to explore first-person consciousness and perception.
David Thorn spent his childhood in the Channel Islands off the coast of France, was schooled in England, and then immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-three. He is retired from international commerce and currently resides in California.
“The Aspern Papers is haunted by the specter of past and future consummations, both achieved and desired, sexual and literary.” Guardian (London)
“The narrator…experiences a sense of mystical fraternity with the spirit of Aspern, who he believes has ‘returned to earth to assure me he regarded the affair as his own no less than as mine’…At the close of the tale he is forced to seek consolation in the portrait of his deceased hero; however, his final words…illustrate the extent of his disillusionment and frustration.” Dr. Claire Seymour, University of Tokyo