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The Sense of the Past

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in 1900 breaks off. James resumed the novel in 1914 with scenes of Ralph meeting his ancestor's relatives, as he has taken the other's place. He finds that he is engaged to one of those relatives, Molly Midmore, but realizes that he is attracted to her sister Nan. He also meets Molly's mother and unpleasant brother, and Nan's suitor, Sir Cantopher Bland.
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Later, the modern-day Pendrel goes to the U.S. ambassador in London and tries to tell him of these strange occurrences. He then returns to the mysterious house, steps across the threshold, and finds himself in the early 19th century. At this dramatic juncture, the part of the novel that James wrote
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The novel breaks off completely here. James left extensive notes on how the novel would continue: Nan would eventually realize that Ralph is actually a time-traveller from the future; she would sacrifice her own happiness to help him return to his own time and to Aurora Coyne, a woman who had
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house to Ralph. Pendrel goes to London and explores the house thoroughly. He feels himself going back in time as soon as he crosses the threshold. He finds a portrait of a remote ancestor, also named Ralph Pendrel. The portrait comes alive and the two men meet.
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James wrote 110 pages of the novel between 1899 and 1900, but abandoned writing it because the material was becoming too intractable and convoluted. He instead began work on his novel
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that was published in 1917, a year after James' death. The novel is at once an eerie account of
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in the United States release. The latter version was released on
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previously rejected Ralph but would now accept him.
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Henry James
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London
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York City
Hardback
Paperback
novel
Henry James
time travel
comedy of manners
New York City
history
London
The Ambassadors
World War I
John L. Balderston
Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square
Leslie Howard
Tyrone Power
The House in the Square
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"Consciousness in James's "The Sense of the Past""
JSTOR
41938337
Edward Wagenknecht

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