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Daisy Miller, an 1878 novella by Henry James, portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl, who is very beautiful, by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett,  it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate,  does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. She then finds herself irresistibly drawn...

Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet...

A master of American literature presents a tragicomic, coming-of-age romance. Set in New York against the backdrop of 1880s high society, Washington Square is one of the most beloved novels from master Henry James, and its exploration of interfamily strife and power dynamics, as well as its...

The US Civil War (1861–1865) still serves as one of the milestones in American literary history, commonly representing the dividing line in survey courses and reference works on 19th-century American literature. Through seven short stories selected by the critic August Nemo you will be able to understand...

As indispensable today as it was when first published in 1879, Henry James’s critical biography of his predecessor, Nathaniel Hawthorne, has achieved canonical status among students of American literature. Hawthorne is an examination of one great American writer’s life and work by another.

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Tales of spooks and spirits that have taught generations of readers what it means to be afraid of the dark—by authors from H. G. Wells to Willa Cather.   Before movies, television, and teams of high-tech “ghost hunters” running around darkened houses, there was only one sure-fire way to scare...

The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash vow to commit a violent act of...

Sharing a title with one of his own short stories, The Middle Years is the uncompleted third volume of memoirs from the American master of literary realism Henry James. He had previously published A Small Boy, about his childhood, and Notes of a Son and Brother, about his youth and young adulthood, but ultimately was unable to finish The Middle Years before his death in 1916.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. The following pages represent all that Henry James lived to write of a volume of autobiographical reminiscences to which he had given the name of one of his own short stories, The Middle Years. It was designed...

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A short story by Henry James, first published in 1894, it tells the story of the relationships between a journalist and his subject matter, the fictional author Neil Paraday.

This book contains several tables of HTML content to make reading easier. The novels are sorted alphabetically by the authors. Anthology containing: The King in Yellow by Robert William Chambers The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Legend of...