Henry James: 1258 books
Die Schätze von Poynton
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: November 20, 2017
"Ein kleines psychologisches und soziales Gemälde" nannte Henry James den Roman "Die Schätze von Poynton", der 1897 erschien und über dessen Entstehung und Entwicklung er so ausführlich wie über keines seiner anderen Bücher in den "Notebooks" berichtet hat.Der Roman...
Die Europäer
Bühnenbearbeitung nach dem Roman
Language: German
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Ulrich del Mestre hat auf der Grundlage des Romans von 1878 und einer eigenen Übersetzung eine im besten Sinne werkgetreue Bühnenfassung geschrieben. Entstanden ist auf diese Weise eine Komödie, die man auch als Salonkomödie bezeichnen könnte. Sie entführt uns in eine Zeit, in der Europa noch...
DEEP, DARK & UNSETTLING: 100+ Gothic Classics in One Edition
Novels, Tales and Poems: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Tell-Tale Heart, Wuthering Heights, Sweeney Todd, The Orphan of the Rhine, The Headless Horseman & many more
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Who doesn't love a bit of surprise, danger, eerie atmosphere, and just the right hint of romance! So, here's presenting to you our best ever gothic collection, with all the well known classics, all the hidden gems, and lots of surprises for all the fans of chills, darkness and mystery out there. Also,...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Originally serialised in the Atlantic Monthly during 1888 and published in book form the same year, The Aspern Papers is a celebrated novella from the middle stage of James' career. The plot concerns the efforts of the unnamed narrator to obtain letters and papers by the fictional American poet Jeffery...
Notes on Novelists (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
With Some Other Notes
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
James published this work of collected literary criticism in 1914, with the individual pieces drawn from the preceding two decades. James discusses Robert Louis Stevenson, Gustave Flaubert, George Sand, and others. It is on these essays, as well as the introductions to his own collected works, that James's reputation as one of the most acute literary critics of his era rests.
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
One of James' best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, The Aspern Papers is based on an anecdote that James heard about a Shelley devotee who tried to obtain some valuable letters written by the poet. Set in a brilliantly described Venice, The Aspern Papers demonstrates James' ability to...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
In this thoughtful collection of essays, published in 1893, James offers his critique on the art of illustration as he pens incisive profiles of several artists. The work is best known for James’s influential essay on John Singer Sargent, whose art work James found “astonishing,” and for his revealing...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
'an inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence' Young Daisy Miller perplexes, amuses, and charms her stiff but susceptible fellow-American, Frederick Winterbourne. Is she innocent or corrupt? Has he lived too long in Europe to judge her properly? Amid the romantic scenery of Lake Geneva and...
by Henry James
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 11, 2012
In un'atmosfera tesa e allucinante, misteriosa e ambigua, James realizza con grande maestria una delle sue opere più riuscite. Solo in apparenza una storia di fantasmi, Il giro di vite organizza e lega al suo interno una notevole quantità di temi. Asse privilegiato del racconto è però la ripetizione:...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Originally serialised in the Atlantic Monthly between 1889 and 1890, before being published in book form later in the year, The Tragic Muse was James' last full novel before his doomed foray into writing for the stage. The plot also hinges on dramatic leanings, with Miriam Rooth, a young and by all accounts...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
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Synopsis:
James contributed significantly to literary criticism, particularly in his insistence that writers be allowed the greatest possible freedom in presenting their view of the world. James claimed that a text...
by Henry James
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James' novels,...
The Greatest Gothic Classics
Frankenstein, The Castle of Otranto, St. Irvyne, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Phantom Ship, The Birth Mark, The Headless Horseman, The Man-Wolf, The Beetle, The Phantom of the Opera...
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Frankenstein The Orphan of the Rhine Nightmare Abbey The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Masque of...