Author: Henry JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Novels and Stories of Henry James: -9. The Bostonians
Author: Henry JamesThe Bostonians
Author: Henry JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
What Maisie Knew
Author: Henry JamesPublisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
After her parents� bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other. Maisie � solitary, observant and wise beyond her years � is drawn into an increasingly entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is finally compelled to choose her own future. What Maisie Knew is a subtle yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society. Part of a relaunch of three James titles.
Novels, 1881-1886
Author: Henry JamesPublisher: Library of America
ISBN: 9780940450301
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1249
Book Description
Tells the stories of a fortune hunter, an American heiress living in Europe, and a naive young woman torn between love and idealism.
Henry James Goes to Paris
Author: Peter BrooksPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691129549
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
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The American Novels and Stories of Jenry James
Author: Henry JamesDaisy Miller
Author: Henry JamesPublisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 155111030X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Henry James’s Daisy Miller was an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1878 and has remained popular ever since. In this novella, the charming but inscrutable young American of the title shocks European society with her casual indifference to its social mores. The novella was popular in part because of the debates it sparked about foreign travel, the behaviour of women, and cultural clashes between people of different nationalities and social classes. This Broadview edition presents an early version of James’s best-known novella within the cultural contexts of its day. In addition to primary materials about nineteenth-century womanhood, foreign travel, medicine, philosophy, theatre, and art—some of the topics that interested James as he was writing the story—this volume includes James’s ruminations on fiction, theatre, and writing, and presents excerpts of Daisy Miller as he rewrote it for the theatre and for a much later and heavily revised edition.
The Secret of Lost Things
Author: Sheridan HayPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000738808X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
A stunning debut from a Australian writer – the story of a treasure hunt through a vast New York bookshop.
WASHINGTON SQUARE
Author: Henry JamesPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027229804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Washington Square is a tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. Dr. Austin Sloper, a wealthy and highly successful physician, lives in Washington Square, New York with his daughter Catherine. Catherine is a sweet-natured young woman who is a great disappointment to her father, being physically plain and, he believes, dull in terms of personality and intellect. His sister, Lavinia Penniman, a meddlesome woman with a weakness for romance and melodrama, is the only other member of the doctor's household. Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
Henry James Against the Aesthetic Movement
Author: David Garrett IzzoPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786480041
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but preferred to live in Europe; he finally become a British subject near the end of his life. His status as a permanent outsider is responsible for the recurring themes in his writing dealing with European sophistication (decadence) compared to American lack of sophistication (or innocence). He is respected in modern times for his psychological insight, for being able to reveal his characters' deepest motivations. These 11 essays, along with an introduction and an afterword, examine James's work through the prism of the author's latest style. Topics the contributing authors address include the Henry James revival of the 1930s, three of James's male aesthetics, women in his works, literary forgery, and parallels with the career and views of Margaret Oliphant. Three essays delve into issues of representation in art and fiction, then three more explore decadence, identity and homosexuality.