She offers to come live with him and take care of him. Her mother had died a few years previously and she has lost two brothers. Kate Croy, 25 y/o and very handsome, meets in London with her wretched reprobate father, Lionel Croy. Notes: The title refers to the 55th Psalm, which records the deceit and guile of conspirators and exclaims, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! For then I would flee away and be at rest." Also possibly Psalm 68, where God has conquered the kings of Canaan for Israel and the wings of dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.
Though taking many liberties with the original. The movie (1997, with Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, etc.) was very good, Overall Impression: A difficult "great late" novel written in a rather pretentious, abstract, literary, circuitous, and highly wordy style, not particularly enjoyable though the plot is intriguing. Quotations are for the most part taken from that work, as Summary by Michael McGoodwin, prepared 1998Īcknowledgement: This work has been summarized using the Penguin 1986Įdition.
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