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The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer ...
Henry James, whose mastery of the psychological novel markedly influenced twentieth-century literature, was born in New York City. His father, Henry James, Sr., was an unconventional thinker who had inherited considerable wealth and was a follower of Swedenborgian mysticism, a belief system devoted to the study of philosophy, theology, and spiritualism, and socialized with such eminent writers ...
6 de dez. de 2017 · Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
Returning to America, Henry junior lived in Newport, briefly attended Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began contributing stories and book reviews to magazines. Two more trips to Europe led to his final decision to settle there, first in Paris in 1875, then in London next year. James’s first major novel, Roderick Hudson, appeared in 1875, but ...
17. The Beast in the Jungle. The novel revolves around a man who lives his life in fear of an unknown catastrophe, which he refers to as "the beast in the jungle". He spends his entire life waiting for this event, ignoring opportunities for love and happiness in the process.
This volume, the sixth and final in The Library of America’s edition of the complete novels of Henry James, brings together two masterpieces of his extraordinary late period—The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904)—as well as his last extended narrative work, The Outcry (1911), a short comic novel of social manners.
Henry James. The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). In October 1898 it appeared in The Two Magics, a book published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. A very young woman's first job: governess for two ...
