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The narrative follows a young telegraphist confined behind a wired counter who spends her days transmitting and counting words, exchanging stamps, and observing a steady stream of customers. Isolated in a cramped post-and-telegraph office, she cultivates an inner life of vivid imaginings about the patrons and about a tentative engagement, measuring social distance and aspiration against practical domestic hardships. Through close attention to detail and the steady rhythm of messages, the story explores themes of confinement, class boundaries, the gap between inner desire and outward duty, and the quiet intensity of small, everyday dramas.

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Title: In the Cage

Author: Henry James

Release date: December 1, 1997 [eBook #1144]
Most recently updated: October 29, 2024

Language: English

Credits: David Price

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In the Cage

by Henry James


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