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A Bundle of Letters

A Bundle of Letters

by Henry James

A Bundle of Letters, is a comic short story by Henry James, originally published in The Parisian magazine in 1879, which is also when the story takes place. The story is one of James' few ventures into epistolary fiction. As he did so often, especially in the early stages of his career, James made the tale part of his international theme: his lette..

Some Short Stories

Some Short Stories

by Henry James

Henry James, OM 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. The short stories in this volume areBROOKSMITHTHE REAL THINGTHE STORY OF ITFLICKERBRIDGEMRS. MEDWIN..

The Lesson of the Master

The Lesson of the Master

by Henry James

The Lesson of the Master is a novella written by Henry James, originally published in 1888. The novella tells the story of a young writer, Paul Overt, who meets Henry St. George, a famous novelist Overt admires. During that time, Overt also meets and falls in love with Marian Fancourt, a young woman who admires both St. George's and Overt's work. D..

Four Meetings

Four Meetings

by Henry James

Four Meetings written by Henry James is a simple but very touching story which hovers ambiguously between a comic and a tragic tone. As so frequently in James’s work, there is an ‘International’ element to the tale – in this case the powerful attraction which European culture had for Americans. The tension between pathos and bitter irony make it di..

The Marriages

The Marriages

by Henry James

The Marriages by Henry James is about the attitude of Adela who do not like the presence of Mrs. Churcley that will replace her mother positions who had died six months earlier. Adela trying to find ways so Mrs. Churchley can not married to his father. But, Colonel Chart and Mrs. Churchley are looks like they love each others by their attitudes bet..

An International Episode

An International Episode

by Henry James

An International Episode: Large Print By Henry James American/British author of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best-known for novels and novellas of morals. As such, he favors internal, psychological drama; his work is frequently about alienation, his prose frequently serpentine. His earlier work is considered Realist, but in fact througho..

The Death of the Lion

The Death of the Lion

by Henry James

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 decides to write an article for another newspaper, b..

The Madonna of the Future

The Madonna of the Future

by Henry James

A city of myth and masterpieces, Florence, Italy, has been drawing travelers to its streets for hundreds of years. It's there we find Theobald, a passionate and ready speaker with the poor-bohemian aura of a great artist. Theobald was known to all of expatriate Florence, but more for his great soliloquies than his great works. Like many before him ..