Henry James: 1258 books

Henry James was an American born writer who spent most of his life in Britain.  Because of that James often wrote novels about Americans traveling to Europe and their encounters with Europeans.  This edition of Embarrassments includes a table of contents.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Henry James's 1884 tale "Georgina's Reasons" presents readers with an insoluble hermeneutic problem regarding its heroine's motivation. This essay applies four interpretative frameworks - theological,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Returning to Florence after 25 years of military service, a man finds himself haunted by memories of a thwarted love affair that took place on the banks of the Arno during his youth. On inquiring after...

Henry James was an American born writer who spent most of his life in Britain.  Because of that James often wrote novels about Americans traveling to Europe and their encounters with Europeans.  This edition of The Figure in the Carpet includes a table of contents.

Lançada originalmente em 1909 nos Estados Unidos, esta obra apresenta um emocionado e emocionante relato de Henry James, um dos maiores escritores realistas do século XIX, das quatorze viagens que fez à Itália. Nestes ensaios sobre Veneza, Roma, Florença e outras cidades, James mostra as diversas...

Notes of a Son and Brother is an autobiography by Henry James published in 1914. The book covers James' early manhood and tells of "the obscure hurt" that kept him out of the Civil War, his first efforts at writing fiction, and the early death of his beloved cousin, Minny Temple, from tuberculosis. (Wikipedia)

The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Harper's Weekly in 1898-1899 and then as a book later in 1899. Originally conceived as a brief, light story about the complications created in her family's social set by a young girl coming of age, the novel expanded into a...

The Pupil is a short story by Henry James, first published in Longman's Magazine in 1891. It is the emotional story of a precocious young boy growing up in a mendacious and dishonorable family. He befriends his tutor, who is the only adult in his life that he can trust. James presents their relationship...

Los embajadores (título original en inglés, The Ambassadors) es una novela del autor Henry James, publicada en 1903. Inicialmente se publicó por entregas en el North American Review (NAR). Esta comedia oscura, una de las obras maestras del último período de James, sigue el viaje del protagonista,...

Mark Monteith ha recibido la peor de las noticias: Phil Bloodgood, el hombre que administra sus bienes, un amigo de toda la vida, con el que compartio estudios y placeres, se ha fugado con el dinero y le deja en situacion comprometida.Monteith coincide en lugares publicos, o visita en sus domicilios,...

Una vacanza romana e altri scritti è una raccolta di scritti di Henry James – già parte del volume Ore italiane (1909) – dedicati alla città di Roma e ai suoi dintorni, visitati da James in uno dei suoi numerosi viaggi in Italia. La città diventa nelle sue parole lo scenario di una dialettica...

Er liebt sie, er liebt sie nicht, er liebt sie, er liebt sie nicht … Selten waren Herzensangelegenheiten undurchsichtiger als in diesem Roman. «Washington Square», eines von James’ bekanntesten und beliebtesten Werken, offenbart dessen Meisterschaft in der Analyse menschlicher Abgründe. Die...

Was unterscheidet Europäer von Amerikanern? In seiner leichtfüßigen Komödie bringt Henry James Frauen und Männer von beiden Seiten des Atlantiks erst miteinander ins Gespräch und dann unter die Haube. Einhundert Jahre nach James’ Tod erscheint dieses Frühwerk des geschätzten Autors nun in...

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...