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The tutor, Pemberton, finds himself drawn to the intelligent and world-weary boy, and wants to help him rise above his family's dissolute life. But Pemberton, himself penniless, cannot afford to work without pay. Will he have to abandon his pupil to save himself? Nuanced, poignant, and darkly humorous, The Pupil is an example of why Henry James is one of the nineteenth-century's most satisfying writers. Morgan's life is short, always ignored by his parents, lost the warmth of the family, would rather believe in a family teacher without blood relationship, rather than be with the family, stubbor