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The mystery of human choices, even when circumstances are known, occupied writers like Henry James. Gene J. Puskar/Getty Images

The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi Mangione

Henry James’ ‘The Princess Casamassima’ tells a story of political radicalism in a time of economic inequality. But even James ran up against the limits of putting himself in the mind of a killer.

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