Henry James: 1258 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Henry James (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer who traveled Europe for much of his younger life. Born to a wealthy family that emphasized education, James was tutored by teachers...

The Aspern Papers is a novella by American writer Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. One of James's best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, The Aspern Papers is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote...

In ‘Portret van een dame’ ontleedt Henry James universele thema’s als vrijheid, seksualiteit en bedrog. Isabel Archer, een knappe, jonge Amerikaanse, kan dankzij een erfenis naar Europa reizen. Daar ontmoet ze verschillende mannen die haar ten huwelijk vragen, en die ze resoluut afwijst. Ze...

Though Henry James is best remembered as a titan of nineteenth-century American literature and an important innovator in the domain of literary realism, he was also a key figure in the literary criticism of the period and helped to shape the era's critical sensibility. In this fascinating volume,...

A Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. The story was the earliest fiction that James included in the New York Edition (1907–09) of his works. Set in England, the tale shows James' strong interest in the contrast between the Old World and the New. (Wikipdia)

Dieser Band vereint vier großartige Beispiele für Henry James' unvergleichliche literarische Kunst. 'Im Käfig' ist die faszinierende Geschichte einer namenlosen Protagonistin, die am Postschalter eines Gemischtwarenladens arbeitet und dort mit den Telegrammen der High Society in Berührung kommt....

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This box set includes all the seven volumes of the collection.

A timeless anthology of chilling tales known to torment the mind and stir up nightmarish visions that can never be unseen. Ghosts, murder, demonic possession, and psychological terror: these are just some of the subjects explored by the unparalleled writers in this superb collection. Lovers...

The full text of four classic novels: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Vanity Fair by Thackeray, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and The Governess by Sarah Fielding (sister of Henry Fielding).

The Lesson of the Master is a novella written by Henry James, originally published in 1888. The novella tells the story of a young writer, Paul Overt, who meets Henry St. George, a famous novelist Overt admires. During that time, Overt also meets and falls in love with Marian Fancourt, a young woman...

An ingenious concept conceived by William Dean Howells, Whole Family is a novel written by twelve different writers, including Henry James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and Henry Van Dyke. Each writer tackles a different family member, with Howells’s portrait of the family patriarch, who has doubts about his daughter’s engagement, setting the story in motion.

Nell’elegante dimora nobiliare di campagna di un’Inghilterra di fine Ottocento, il giovane e promettente romanziere Paul Overt fa nel medesimo giorno due decisivi incontri: quello con il celebre e affermato (e da lui ammirato fino alla devozione) scrittore Henry St George, il “Maestro”, e...

Paul Overt, giovane scrittore con qualche buon romanzo alle spalle, incontra con grande emozione Henry St. George, lo scrittore da lui idolatrato, che lo mette in guardia dalle insidie dell’amore romantico, essendo persuaso che la vita di famiglia, con i suoi gravami, comprometta la creatività...

Dal dicembre 1907 al novembre 1908, presso la nota rivista femminile americana Harper’s Bazar esce, in dodici puntate-capitoli, il romanzo The Whole Family (La grande famiglia), storia-ritratto di una numerosa famiglia della piccola borghesia americana del primo Novecento alle prese con un evento...