The Beast in the Jungle

the long version

he book presents one of the greatest works by Henry James. An apparently common story about the encounters and conflicts between John Marcher and May Bartram. They meet again ten years after having first met in Italy. He has vague memories regarding the circumstances involved in their first encounter, but May remembers everything, including a confession made by Marcher. He revealed that he would meet with a "rare and strange" event at some moment in his life. So, May decides to share in his wait