Strange

The Beast in the Jungle

by Henry James

John Marcher is sure that something rare and terrible is waiting to happen to him, and a woman agrees to wait for it beside him, for years. James’s long story is about a life spent waiting for life to begin. Its last scene, in a cemetery, is one of the most painful he ever wrote.

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Reading time

About 1 hr 15 min

Where to find it

The Evening Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #1093. In the public domain in the United States.