The Sacred Fount

About this book

The Sacred Fount is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1901. The book follows an unnamed narrator at a weekend party in the English countryside as he attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow guests. The Sacred Fount is the only one of James's novels written in first person. Since its publication it has received mixed responses from critics, and it was not included in James's New York Edition, the edition of his work he considered definitive.