Alphabetarion # Fear / Closed doors | Henry James, 1897

Henry James, What Maisie Knew, 1897 / cover design by Edward Gorey 

“Fear, unfortunately, is a very big thing, and there's a great variety of kinds.”

“Everything had something behind it: life was like a long corridor with rows of closed doors.”

Henry James, What Maisie Knew, 1897