Books by Henry James

Presents the letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Aimed at students of James and of American and English literature, culture and criticism, this work reflects on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to questions on art, literature, and criticism.

This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884 includes 174 letters, of which 116 are published for the first time, written from January 2, 1883, to January 29, 1884. The letters trace the development of Henry James's literary career as well as the maturation of his international reputation as a public figure.

This critical and scholarly edition presents the complete letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Written between December 1876 and December 1877, the letters in this volume trace James's departure from Paris and his arrival and domestication in London, where he would live at least part of each year for most of the rest of his life.

Presents the complete letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters and addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, this edition is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of James, of the European novel and modern literature, and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism.

Strikingly modern in subject and narrative voice, this 1897 novel centers on a child's view of a bitter divorce. Rather than a gloomy parable of innocence corrupted, it abounds in dark humor.

IndholdFremtidens Madonna: En amerikansk turist møder en landsmand, der har bosat sig i Firenze. Han kalder sig maler, men hans ry beror i det store og hele på et billede, som han har malet på i årevis, men som ingen nogensinde har set.Madame de Mauves er den lille, naive datter af en rig amerikanerinde, som er opdraget i et fransk kloster. Hun har giftet sig med en flere år ældre fransk leve- og adelsmand alene fordi hans titel passer med de fantasier, hun har skabt sig ved at læse franske romaner, men i virkeligheden er han kun ude efter hendes formue.Eugene Pickering En ung amerikaner rejser i Europa; og ved et spillested forelsker han sig hovedkulds og grænseløst i en tysk enke, til dels i protest mod et fremtidigt ægteskab, som hans afdøde fader havde arrangeret for ham.Fire gange mødt Den naive lille amerikanske provinslærerinde Caroline Spencer har en drøm om at se "den gamle verdens" kulturcentre, men hun når aldrig længere end til at tilbringe 13 timer i havnebyen Havre. Senere hen i livet får hun dog set mere til det europæiske, end godt er. Fortælleren beretter hendes livsløb gennem skildringer af de fire gange, han traf sammen med hende.To landeEn ung amerikansk kvinde bliver den selvbestaltede lus mellem de to negle, der udgøres af hendes broders overdrevne tro på amerikanernes kulturelle overlegenhed og den - lige så idiotisk overdrevne - tro på det britiske imperiums kulturelle overlegenhed, som næres af den engelske adelsmand, som hun mod broderens vilje forelsker sig i og gifter sig med. - Konceptet i denne fortælling kan forekomme overdrevent, selv for sin tid, men racehad kan antage så mange skikkelser, og ud fra den betragtning er den ikke så umulig endda.

The text of this Second Edition of one of Henry James's most important novels is that of the New York Edition (1908).

The Golden Bowl is a novel set in England. It's a complex study of marriage and adultery, and what a few critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Golden Bowl explores the interrelationships between a father and daughter and their spouses.

In a once grand Venetian palazzo an old woman and her niece live in seclusion. An American publisher asks to leases some rooms, his purpose to unearth the mystery of a brilliant author who once loved the aunt. The old woman curtly rejects all inquiries. When she finds him going through the some papers he's discovered, she has a stroke and dies. The lonely niece pathetically proposes to him, but he rejects her when she says she's burned the papers. She locks herself up in the palazzo and then destroys the papers.|2 women, 2 men

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to access old and often rare books from the BnF's heritage funds.

Of all James' travel writings, this volume holds the most pleasure for the reader -- as a warm, careful introduction to a beloved country, as a happy experience shared, and as one of the world's great examples of expository writing.

Shortly after Miss Grey, a governess, arrives at Bly to take charge of Flora and Miles she sees the ghosts of the former valet and governess; it is the children they want. She determines to save the children from destruction and damnation at the hands of these "devils," but her courageous efforts are not enough to save little Miles from tragedy.-3 women, 1 man, 1 girl, 1 boy, 1 woman or man