Roderick Hudson Chapter II Part 1

In which a bright young man, eager to cast off the restraints of a disappointing legal apprenticeship, reveals the tug of maternal expectation and the promise of distant artistic endeavour to a newly found confidant, whose concern deepens with acquaintance. Amid domestic tensions and delicate social introductions, the qualities and prospects of genius are debated with gentle irony and quiet hope in a modest Northampton parlour.