Describes the development of James' skill in writing short fiction, examines all of his major stories, and discusses the relevant criticism
Presents the text and critical analysis of nine short stories of author Henry James representing the major achievements of his career as a fiction writer.
Critical essays and excerpts from James' notebooks, letters, and prefaces accompany nine stories that deal with ghosts, tyranny, the impact of Europe on Americans, and social manipulation
Here Colm Tóibín, the author of the Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Master, a portrait of Henry James, brings together for the first time all the stories that James set in New York City.
FURTHER READING BIBLIOGRAPHY Edel, Leon and Dan H. Laurence, A Bibliography of Henry James, 3rd edn. ... Belknap Press, 1974–84) (these volumes overlap to some extent) The Correspondence of Henry James and Henry Adams 1877–1914, ed.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Contains: The Romance of Certain Old Clothes; The Ghostly Rental; SirEdmund Orme; The Private Life; Owen Wingrave; The Friends of the Friends; The Turn of the Screw; The Real Right Thing; The Third Person; The Jolly Corner.
Included in this first volume of "The Complete Tales of Henry James" are the earliest published writings from the author beginning with "A Tragedy of Error," published in 1864.
The Novels and Tales of Henry James
In the Cage
This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843.