What is the setting of The Wings of the Dove by Henry James?

James chose two major geographic settings for the novel - London, England and Venice, Italy. He was obviously intimately familiar with both cities, as descriptions of landmarks, such as the National Gallery and specific sections of London and the squares, churches, and canals typical of Venice are accurate for the chronological setting of the time in which the novel was written. The chronological setting, the turn of the century, is also critical to plot c