<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>214528</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Aspern Papers (Dover Thrift Editions)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0486419223]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780486419220]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">214528</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">38</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">207680</id>
  <media_type>book</media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1888</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Aspern Papers (Dover Thrift Editions)</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:306|5:72|4:113|3:86|2:30|1:5|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">306</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">1135</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">420</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">33</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.71]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[276]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[25]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>159</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Henry James]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1202237907p5/159.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1202237907p2/159.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/159.Henry_James]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.60</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>27329</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2593</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="420">
      <review>
  <id>34876039</id>
    <user>
    <id>639552</id>
    <name><![CDATA[kabukigal]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/639552-kabukigal]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196017656p3/639552.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196017656p2/639552.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>276</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 08 22:22:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 03 18:40:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am truly smitten with the unreliable narrators that populate Henry James' novels.  They bring to mind how all of us are  the unreliable narrators of our own lives. &quot;The Aspern Papers&quot; is from the viewpoint of an obsessive &quot;fan&quot; of another generation who will stop at almost noth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34876039">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34876039]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34876039]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>769934</id>
    <user>
    <id>62545</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Corey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/62545-corey-borenstein]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1176899888p3/62545.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1176899888p2/62545.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214474</id>
  <isbn>0140620974</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140620979</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260963554m/214474.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260963554s/214474.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214474.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.21</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>19</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the &quot;Penguin Popular Classics&quot; series.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 17 22:09:31 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 18:07:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This my introduction to Henry James and, while the book was mildly enjoyable, I really didn't feel like I was being introduced to a great master of the English language. I just walked away feeling the slightly slimy feeling of the protagonist and without much closure. I can only assume James gets be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/769934">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/769934]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/769934]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>70498814</id>
    <user>
    <id>1529927</id>
    <name><![CDATA[rr]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1529927-rr]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223755364p3/1529927.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223755364p2/1529927.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 08 13:18:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 13:23:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[James presents this narrative in the voice of a first-person character who is not likable.  The narrator provides a prime example of the way in which people sacrifice minimal decency in the pursuit of their own designs--and he's an academic, alas, whose drive to discover the personal papers of a bel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70498814">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70498814]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70498814]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>64220026</id>
    <user>
    <id>26852</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/26852-eric]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247599108p3/26852.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247599108p2/26852.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214474</id>
  <isbn>0140620974</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140620979</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260963554m/214474.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260963554s/214474.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214474.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the &quot;Penguin Popular Classics&quot; series.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="themaster" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 20 08:54:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 11:06:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[As much as it would please me to discover that my two favorite novelists form an apostolic succession, I must admit that Nabokov is completely spot-on in his criticism of <em>The Aspern Papers</em>, about which he complains in 1941 letter to Edmund Wilson:<br/><br/><em>Yesterday I read The Aspern Papers. No. H...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64220026">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64220026]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64220026]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>5341700</id>
    <user>
    <id>323932</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ben]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/323932-ben-rutter]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188483413p3/323932.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188483413p2/323932.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 30 06:23:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 07:48:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Classic James: you climb a hundred unremarkable pages to watch a single painful, surprising scene unfold.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5341700]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5341700]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>29398761</id>
    <user>
    <id>381149</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Martine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/381149-martine]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1189863081p3/381149.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1189863081p2/381149.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214474</id>
  <isbn>0140620974</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140620979</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260963554m/214474.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260963554s/214474.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214474.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the &quot;Penguin Popular Classics&quot; series.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="british" />
        <shelf name="nineteenth-century" />
        <shelf name="north-american" />
        <shelf name="novellas" />
        <shelf name="psychological-drama" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who think they hate Henry James]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 06 06:00:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 06 06:14:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA['Hypocrisy, duplicity are my only chance. I'm sorry for it, but there's no baseness I wouldn't commit for Jeffrey Aspern's sake.' <br/><br/>So says the unnamed narrator of Henry James' <em>The Aspern Papers</em>, a literary scholar who is writing a book about the fictional poet Jeffrey Aspern (loosely base...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29398761">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29398761]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29398761]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>15126322</id>
    <user>
    <id>766524</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lakewood, OH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/766524-robert-beveridge]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203601445p3/766524.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203601445p2/766524.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="finished" />
        <shelf name="owned-and-gave-away" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 11 06:03:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 11 06:03:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Henry James, The Aspern Papers (Laurel, 1888)<br/><br/>One of James' shortest novels, and one of his least-known, The Aspern Papers is a (supposedly based on a true) story about a young biographer of famed poet Jeffrey Aspern (based, depending on to whom you talk, on either Browning or Keats) who co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15126322">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15126322]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15126322]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>42359482</id>
    <user>
    <id>1637963</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Clara ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1637963-clara]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228365131p3/1637963.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228365131p2/1637963.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 08 10:10:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 22 07:37:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A very enjoyable read. If you can filter through James' heavy wording and drawn out sentences, this story creates a sublime image of Venice, the Piazza, home and garden that the story takes place in. I feel absorbed in the atmosphere of some of the passages, hearing the splash of the oars in the can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42359482">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42359482]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42359482]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>52094611</id>
    <user>
    <id>1918660</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Alex]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1918660-alex]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 09 13:13:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 14 13:52:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The perfectly crafted tale of the lengths a publisher is willing to go to get a peek at what he believes could be revealing letters and other papers of his favorite poet. James manages to flesh out wonderfully textured, if something unrealistic, characters while heightening a sense of suspense that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52094611">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52094611]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52094611]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80753567</id>
    <user>
    <id>340252</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kristy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/340252-kristy]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211038375p3/340252.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211038375p2/340252.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1619267</id>
  <isbn>0460874926</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780460874922</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185974193m/1619267.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185974193s/1619267.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1619267.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In The Aspern Papers (1888), an unscrupulous critic is  hunting for the papers of the late Jeffrey Aspern, former lover of the  ancient, aloof and imperious Miss Juliana Bordereau. More accessible by  far is her sister Miss Tina, middle-aged, frumpish, and completely  unpredictable. From their vast palace in a musty corner of magical  Venice, these sisters' wrangling with their anonymous critic exemplifies  James's concern with the impact of ancient European civilization upon  American identity. ]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 12 08:17:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 22 21:15:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Attention archivists: You should read this! A solid and satisfying novel about a literary historian who finds the elderly mistress of a famous poet languishing in a deteriorating Venetian palace with her spinster niece. He goes to great lengths to get his hands on the poet's papers which may or may ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80753567">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80753567]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80753567]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>68049515</id>
    <user>
    <id>1134884</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hauula, HI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1134884-scott]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216601782p3/1134884.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216601782p2/1134884.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="1880s" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 19 11:03:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 21 16:52:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Reading Henry James is really better than having read him. Deciphering his prose is an intriguing undertaking on a hot summer afternoon, and his blurred, evocative imagery reminds me of impressionist art. But when you look back on where he's taken you, you got to think some times that you'd just as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68049515">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68049515]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68049515]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>54823168</id>
    <user>
    <id>170563</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/170563-sarah]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1192709674p3/170563.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1192709674p2/170563.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1278600</id>
  <isbn>0573010285</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780573010286</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers: Play]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1278600.The_Aspern_Papers_Play</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 03 16:05:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 16:07:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Fun stuff! For anyone who thinks James is a brilliant critic  but somewhat ridiculous man; for anyone who cares about writers' archives; for anyone who ever wondered what the difference is between &quot;love&quot; and &quot;in love.&quot;]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54823168]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54823168]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>74480585</id>
    <user>
    <id>238401</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lillibet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lillington, NC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/238401-lillibet]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212775494p3/238401.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212775494p2/238401.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 03:08:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 03:08:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[it reminded me of crime and punishment: a man with a plot, wanting to act outside himself but finding his emotions getting in the way, unable to control them to the point of his ruin....]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74480585]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74480585]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39225374</id>
    <user>
    <id>195674</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/195674-sarah-lang]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1207283159p3/195674.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1207283159p2/195674.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 03 14:42:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 03 14:46:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This never gets old no matter how many times I read it.  The original unreliable narrator, and any book with a character named &quot;Miss Tita Bordereau&quot; is just fine by me.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39225374]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39225374]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>57140687</id>
    <user>
    <id>1197580</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Hilary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1197580-hilary]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215884876p3/1197580.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215884876p2/1197580.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 24 07:29:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 24 07:30:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It's strange in that Jamesian way, and simply weird to think it is grounded in real events.  I didn't know that James burned nearly all or all his papers before he died.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57140687]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57140687]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>73554892</id>
    <user>
    <id>2748101</id>
    <name><![CDATA[K2kast]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Monument, CO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2748101-k2kast]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 05 16:10:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 05 16:13:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Interesting story.  I thought I could predict the ending but found I was not fully correct.  I appreciated that it wasn't the ending I had expected.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73554892]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73554892]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61288890</id>
    <user>
    <id>929049</id>
    <name><![CDATA['Chele]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Waco, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/929049-chele]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245804753p3/929049.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245804753p2/929049.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="rchs-needs" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 27 09:12:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 27 09:12:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Man wants love letters his favorite writer wrote to his lover.  Shows what a person will do to get what they want.<br/>Read through DailyLit.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61288890]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61288890]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>64595350</id>
    <user>
    <id>657144</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Julia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/657144-julia]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202778805p3/657144.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202778805p2/657144.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="2009-readings" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 22 19:14:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 23 09:38:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A very interesting read. And as per Henry James' style, bittersweet. Not so tragic as Washington Square. ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64595350]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64595350]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>68203593</id>
    <user>
    <id>1652316</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Okatie, SC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1652316-michael]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224982337p3/1652316.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224982337p2/1652316.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 10:48:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 10:48:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Finally a Henry James that I liked (reminded me of a cross between Possession and Seven Gables).]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68203593]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68203593]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>16445171</id>
    <user>
    <id>921817</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Heidi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chesapeake, VA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/921817-heidi]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203556177p3/921817.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203556177p2/921817.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">214528</id>
  <isbn>0486419223</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780486419220</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Aspern Papers]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295m/214528.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767295s/214528.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers</link>
  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>306</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
  <published>1888</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="i-own" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 26 13:59:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 26 13:59:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Interesting story--not what I had expected at all. But it made a connection with me when I actually had good particpation in class. Not that I never spoke in my classes. But that my teacher asked if anyone had been to Venice (where the book is set) and I raised my hand. Surprisingly, I was the only ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16445171">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16445171]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16445171]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="classics" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="classic" />
          <shelf name="psychological-drama" />
          <shelf name="novels" />
          <shelf name="american-lit" />
          <shelf name="1880s" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=214528</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>