Roderick Hudson By Henry James Drama]

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20170729

Rowland Mallet - a wealthy Bostonian bachelor - becomes patron to a young sculptor, Roderick Hudson, and takes him from America to Rome to study and develop his art.

Their conflicting and complex relationship is heightened in the 'old world' as Rowland falls in love with Mary Garland, Roderick's fiance, and Roderick becomes involved in a destructive relationship with the beautiful Christina Light.

Written in 1875, Henry James's second novel dramatised in two parts by Lavinia Murray.

20170805

Rowland Mallet - a wealthy Bostonian bachelor is patron to a young sculptor, Roderick Hudson. He's taken him from the US to Rome to study and develop his art.

Although engaged to Mary, in the US, Roderick has fallen head over heels for beautiful socialite Christina Light, and it's causing mayhem.

Roderick does all he can to steer him back to Mary, though he's in love with Mary himself. Obsession, love and desire intermingle as old and new worlds collide.

The conclusion of Henry James's second novel written in 1875.

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01	20170729	Rowland Mallet - a wealthy Bostonian bachelor - becomes patron to a young sculptor, Roderick Hudson, and takes him from America to Rome to study and develop his art. Their conflicting and complex relationship is heightened in the 'old world' as Rowland falls in love with Mary Garland, Roderick's fiance, and Roderick becomes involved in a destructive relationship with the beautiful Christina Light. Written in 1875, Henry James's second novel dramatised in two parts by Lavinia Murray.
02	20170805	Rowland Mallet - a wealthy Bostonian bachelor is patron to a young sculptor, Roderick Hudson. He's taken him from the US to Rome to study and develop his art. Although engaged to Mary, in the US, Roderick has fallen head over heels for beautiful socialite Christina Light, and it's causing mayhem. Roderick does all he can to steer him back to Mary, though he's in love with Mary himself. Obsession, love and desire intermingle as old and new worlds collide. The conclusion of Henry James's second novel written in 1875.