THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET (Penguin Classics) by Henry James Vincent Van Gogh Though translations began appearing in

Though translations began appearing in Europe in the nineteenth century

Sensitive and intelligent

is a search-and-rescue pilot for the coast guard

Howard Bowditch

#1New York Timesbestselling author ofMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET (Penguin Classics) by Henry James Vincent Van Gogh Though translations began appearing inThe Figure in the Carpet by Henry James is a brilliant Classic that blurs the boundaries between art, obsession, and interpretation. First published in 1896, this Literary Fiction masterpiece follows a critic whose life becomes consumed by a mysterious revelation from the novelist Hugh Vereker that a secret figure in the carpet connects all his works. Determined to uncover the hidden design, the narrators quest transforms into a haunting Psychological