wings of the dove

2/12/2011

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

Drama ꞏ Romance ꞏ london ꞏ england ꞏ based on novel or book ꞏ venice ꞏ italy ꞏ love triangle ꞏ masked ball ꞏ gondola ꞏ forbidden love ꞏ man between two women ꞏ unrequited love ꞏ inheritance ꞏ british high society ꞏ dying woman ꞏ dying young ꞏ privileged life ꞏ 1910s ꞏ classism ꞏ period piece ꞏ influential aunt or uncle