num_pages: 144
description: One of James's best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, The Aspern Papers is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, who saved them until she died. Set in Venice, The Aspern Papers demonstrates James's ability to generate suspense while never neglecting the development of his characters.This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.
language: English
title: The Aspern Papers
titlecomplete: The Aspern Papers
characters: Juliana Bordereau, Jeffrey Aspern, Miss Tina
genres: Classics, Mystery, Italy, Fiction, Short Stories, Novella, Novels, Literature, 19th Century, American
ratings_count: 5743
places: Venice
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd