FREEConfidence
"Confidence" by Henry James is a novel first published in 1879. This light comedy follows artist Bernard Longueville, who is asked by his friend, scientist Gordon Wright, to judge whether he should marry the enigmatic Angela Vivian. Bernard advises against the match, setting off a chain of romantic entanglements and misunderstandings. Years later, Bernard encounters Angela again and discovers his own feelings have changed. The story explores how people deceive themselves and questions whether life can be governed by rational principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T06:53:59.713Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author James, Henry, died 1916; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/178; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 7814883db1329e2cc3aa18e8498e44628a5b2d532871c560f62afe0b3ae4e9e2; RDF SHA256 eb1eecba175847c574966c23ea0d2e08b9d7c1d5e155906f532283acc9776365. Author identity/date reference checked 2026-09-28: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209.
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