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In this lighthearted comedic novel from author Henry James, the august Proberts clan finds itself thrust into the unwelcome glare of the spotlight when tabloid newspaper The Reverberator publishes some of the family's dirty laundry. When the identity of the person who leaked the news is revealed, all...

One of the motifs that appears again and again in Henry James' work is the often-fraught relationship between the artist and the audience. In the tale "Greville Fane," a journalist assigned the task of writing an obituary for a popular female novelist delves into the woman's family life and discovers some unsavory secrets.

The Author of Beltraffio is a short story by Henry James, first published in the English Illustrated Magazine in 1884. This macabre account of desperate family infighting eventually leads to a tragic conclusion. Although the father in the story is a novelist, the tale concentrates far more on his...

The Death of the Lion is an 1894 short story by Henry James. The narrator suggests writing an article on Neil Paraday; his new editor agrees. The former spends a week with Neil and writes the article whilst there, alongside reading Paraday's latest book. His editor rejects the article however; he...

The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable motives, while others are more self-interested. (Wikipedia)

The Sacred Fount is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1901. This strange, often baffling book concerns an unnamed narrator who attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow guests at a weekend party in the English countryside. He spurns the "detective and keyhole"...

The Outcry, Henry James's final novel, is an effervescent comedy of money and manners. Breckenridge Bender, a very rich American with a distinct resemblance to J.P. Morgan, arrives in England with the purpose of acquiring some very great art; he is directed to Dedborough, the estate of the debt-ridden...

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 enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors....

Le Tour d'écrou (The Turn of the Screw1) est une nouvelle fantastique (histoires de fantômes) de l'écrivain américano-britannique Henry James, parue pour la première fois en 1898. Le Tour d'écrou est popularisée dans le monde après son adaptation en opéra par Benjamin Britten en 1954. Considérée...

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Eugene Pickering cuenta la vida de este personaje marcado por la autoridad de su padre quien le impuso todo hasta el día de su muerte, incluso su futura esposa. Pickering, sumiso hasta entonces empieza a rebelarse a raíz de conocer a la coprotagonista del cuento la señora Blumenthal, viuda madurita...

La tercera persona (1900) narra con melancólico humor la problemática intimidad de dos solteronas con un fantasma que despierta una equívoca primavera en el otoño de sus vidas.

Durante la última de sus estancias de fin de semana en la gran mansión Newmarch, en la campiña inglesa, el narrador de esta historia tiene ocasión de observar asombrosas transformaciones en algunos de los huéspedes: una mujer fea se ha vuelto inexplicablemente bella, un joven ha envejecido de...

La señorita Annie P. Miller aparece en Vevey, Suiza, con su madre y su hermano. Su padre, opulento y tosco nuevo rico, quiere pulirla y europeizarla. Daisy, como es llamada, conoce a un refinado joven norteamericano llamado Winterbourne, que se interesa por ella, desconcertado por su desenfado y su coqueta falta de tacto.