Author(s): Henry James

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The plot of this short, powerful novel revolves around the intrigue of an unscrupulous publisher as he attempts to expose the secrets of a past some would like to forget. The conflict between past and present and how they are to be portrayed is a large theme of The Aspern Papers. The man who sets out to obtain the Aspern Papers from the immortal Juliana is not only meddling with the present, but with the past as well.