title: The Fall of the House of Poe: and Other Essays
author: Phillip L. Roderick
description: Phillip currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and teaches English at Grand Canyon University and Glendale Community College.
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  # Roderick Hudson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Henry James
  
  
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  CHAPTER I. Rowland
  
  
  CHAPTER II. Roderick
  
  
  CHAPTER III. Rome
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. Experience
  
  
  CHAPTER V. Christina
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. Frascati
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. Saint Cecilia's
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. Provocation
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. Mary Garland
  
  
  CHAPTER X. The Cavaliere
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. Mrs. Hudson
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. The Princess Casamassima
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. Switzerland
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### CHAPTER I. Rowland
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Mallet had made his arrangements to sail for Europe on the first
  
  
  of September, and having in the interval a fortnight to spare, he
  
  
  determined to spend it with his cousin Cecilia, the widow of a nephew
  
  
  of his father. He was urged by the reflection that an affectionate
  
  
  farewell might help to exonerate him from the charge of neglect
  
  
  frequently preferred by this lady. It was not that the young man
  
  
  disliked her; on the contrary, he regarde