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In the following Dictionary, compiled from the best sources ancient and modern, with the addition of many original articles, the selections have been made with reference to what was thought most useful; and thus many things of minor importance, usually found in similar works, have been excluded. Every...

The Story In It Henry James We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843,...

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine. In October 1898 it appeared in The Two Magics, a book published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York,...

The Other House is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in the Illustrated London News in 1896 and then as a book later the same year. Set in England, this book is something of an oddity in the James canon for its plot revolving around a murder. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843,...

American fiction writer Henry James played a major role in shaping the literary sensibility of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, not only through his own stories and novels, but also with his insightful and perceptive literary criticism. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New...

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York,...

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York,...

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York,...

Exploring the intricacies of relationships, this narrative captures the imagination of the reader. The well-drawn characters are rooted in the plot and elucidate the theme. A charming tale of family love and relationships. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February...

"Tell me everything, by all means," I answered, smiling. "I desire nothing better than to lie here in the shade and hear everything." He frowned a little, as if he thought my sympathy a trifle meager. I shook him by the hand and laughed. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843,...

"Brooksmith" is a short story written by Henry James in 1891. The story is also present in a compilation of 50 Great Short Stories by Milton Crane Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England), American novelist and, as a naturalized...

Mrs. Munden had not yet been to my studio on so good a pretext as when she first intimated that it would be quite open to me-should I only care, as she called it, to throw the handkerchief-to paint her beautiful sister-in-law. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died...

Madame de Mauves is a novella by Henry James, originally published in The Galaxy magazine in 1874. The story centers on the troubled marriage of a scrupulous American wife and a far from scrupulous French husband, and is told mostly from the point of view of a male friend of the wife. Henry...

Covering End is another of the 'lost' long tales by Henry James, which is strange since it is pendant to The turn of the screw, the best known of all the tales, in the book publication The two magics (1898). Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London,...