Pandora

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A delightful short story which combines three topics which regularly fascinated Henry James and are present in many of his tales and novels. Foremost is the relationship between Europe and America - his 'International' theme. Next comes the 'new woman' who emerged in America towards the end of the nineteenth century and behaved in a socially more liberated manner. And third is the social and moral tensions which arise in cases of class mobility - though James doesn't always discuss this issue explicitly.