Henry James: 1258 books

Hyacinth Robinson is an orphan raised by a spinster dressmaker. As a young man, he gets caught up in radical politics and a terrorist plot. He inadvertently meets the title character, who is a revolutionary herself, and who introduces Hyacinth to a world of refinement and privilege. Eventually, he begins...

American innocence and European sophistication provide the backdrop for this story of adultery, jealousy, and possession. A young heiress is engaged to be married, as is her widowed father. But both father and daughter are unaware that their respective betrotheds share a secret—one for which everyone involved must pay the price.

We had been talking about the masters who had achieved but a single masterpiece— the artists and poets who but once in their lives had known the divine afflatus and touched the high level of perfection. Our host had been showing us a charming little cabinet picture by a painter whose name we had never...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. I was not rich - on the contrary; and I had been told the Pension Beaurepas was cheap. I had, moreover, been told that a boarding- house is a capital place for the study of human nature. I had a fancy for a literary...

Christopher Newman is an American businessman on his first trip to Europe, where he encounters both beauty and disappointment.

A novella about a telegraphist who deciphers secrets about her client's lives by reading their telegraphs.

A dark comedy about the wayward son of a respectable American family who has skipped off to Europe in defiance of his parent's wishes. The family engages Liews Strether to bring him back, but he encounters unforesee complications.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. What determined the speech that startled him in the course of their encounter scarcely matters, being probably but some words spoken by himself quite without intention— spoken as they lingered and slowly moved...

Contents: Pyramus And Thisbe Still Waters A Change of Heart Daisy Miller Tenants Disengaged The Album The Reprobate Guy Domville Summersoft The High Bid The Outcry

Le narrateur assiste à la lecture du journal d'une gouvernante. La jeune femme a été engagée par un riche célibataire pour veiller sur ses neveu et nièce, Flora et Miles. Orphelins, ceux-ci vivent dans une vaste propriété isolée à la campagne. Le comportement des enfants semble de plus en...

George Dane had waked up to a bright new day, the face of nature well washed by last night's downpour and shining as with high spirits, good resolutions, lively intentions—the great glare of recommencement, in short, fixed in his patch of sky. He had sat up late to finish work—arrears overwhelming;...

"And your daughter?" said Lady Greyswood; "tell me about her. She must be nice." "Oh yes, she's nice enough. She's a great comfort." Mrs. Knocker hesitated a moment, then she went on: "Unfortunately, she's not good-looking—not a bit." "That...

Edition enrichie (Préface, notes et chronologie) Le huis clos d’une vieille demeure dans la campagne anglaise. Les lumières et les ombres d’un été basculant vers l’automne. Dans le parc, quatre silhouettes – l’intendante de la maison, deux enfants nimbés de toute la grâce de...