# The Wings of the Dove, Volume II

By Henry James.

"The Wings of the Dove, Volume II" by Henry James is a novel published in 1902. It follows American heiress Milly Theale, who is gravely ill, as she becomes entangled with two desperate Londoners: Kate Croy and Merton Densher. The engaged but impoverished couple cannot afford to marry. When Kate devises a manipulative plan involving Milly's fortune, the story moves from London to Venice, where matters of love, money, and mortality collide with devastating consequences for all involved. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Venice (Italy) -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Love stories; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Americans -- England -- Fiction; Americans -- Italy -- Fiction; Terminally ill -- Fiction

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