num_pages: 544
description: The Wings of the Dove dramatizes the conflict between nineteenth-century values and twentieth-century passions. Born to wealth and privilege, Kate Croy's mother threw it all away to marry a penniless opium addict. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity to return to the opulent lifestyle her mother gave up; on one condition. Kate must renounce the man she loves: the witty, good-looking, but poor, Merton Densher. Reluctantly agreeing, Kate finds herself becoming friends with the world's richest orphan, Millie Theale. When Kate learns that Millie is dying, she devises a plan of dizzying possibility for herself and Merton that should solve all their problems, but instead leads them down a path strewn with tragic, unexpected consequences.
language: English
title: The Wings of the Dove
titlecomplete: The Wings of the Dove
characters: Kate Croy, Merton Densher, Maud Lowder, Milly Theale
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Italy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 16921
places: Venice, England, Italy, London, England
publisher: Sterling Publishing