![]() ![]() ![]() He starts to prowl the house at night to try to meet his American alter ego. He starts to wonder who he would have been if he had stayed in the U.S. Both comment on his "real gift" for business and construction which he also finds "vulgar and sordid". Spencer rekindles a relationship with an old friend, Alice Staverton. Spencer finds he is good at directing this renovation, despite never having done this work before, suggesting that his innate ability for business was hiding deep within him unused. ![]() These properties have been the source of his income since the deaths of his family members. The second, larger structure is now going to be renovated into a big apartment building. He has returned to "look at his 'property'", two buildings, one his boyhood home on "the jolly corner". Spencer Brydon returns to New York City after thirty-three years abroad. He encounters a "sensation more complex than had ever before found itself consistent with sanity". ![]() One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up. "The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December 1908. Short story by Henry James "The Jolly Corner" ![]()
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