At one point, this character declares "The Greeks never made anything ugly, and I'm a Hellenist."
At one point, this character declares "The Greeks never made anything ugly, and I'm a Hellenist." He is fond of saying that there are "such things as necessary follies," and it is remarked that "he was the most beautiful of men!" by Sam Singleton when his body is found flung off a cliff during a storm on his way to Interlaken. He ridicules the lack of knowledge of Mr. Leavenworth and creates a bronze work called "Thirst," which is not appreciated by his mentor Mr. Striker. He is engaged to Mary Garland but chooses to leave law school and his mother to accompany Rowland Mallet, which leads him to fall in love with the adventuress Christina Light while working as a sculptor in Rome. FTP, name this character who appears in a namesake novel by Henry James.
At one point, this character declares "The Greeks never made anything ugly, and I'm a Hellenist."
{Roderick} Hudson (prompt on just Hudson)