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An International Episode
by Henry JamesAn 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
by Henry JamesThe 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
by Henry JamesA 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 ..
The Middle Years
by Henry JamesThe Middle Years, is a short story by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1893. It may be the most affecting and profound of James's stories about writers. The novelist in the tale speculates that he has spent his whole life learning how to write, so a second life would make sense, "to apply the lesson." Second lives aren't usual..
A London Life and Other Tales
by Henry JamesA London Life is a novella by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1888. The plot revolves around a crumbling marriage and its impact on many other people, especially Laura Wing, the sister of the soon-to-be-divorced wife. Laura is a classic Jamesian "central consciousness," whose reflections and emotions color the presentation of..
Embarrassments
by Henry JamesEmbarrassments is a collection of short stories written by Henry James comprising the following works.THE FIGURE IN THE CARPETGLASSESTHE NEXT TIMETHE WAY IT CAME..
The Coxon Fund
by Henry JamesThe Coxon Fund is an 1894 short story by Henry James. Frank Saltram is a man who apparently has a towering intellect, but one that manifests itself only in sparkling table-talk. He has a real and powerful gift to delight with his conversation, particularly when intoxicated, but other than conversation he produces nothing. Saltram also recognis..
Greville Fane
by Henry JamesGreville Fane is a short story by Henry James. An un-named writer is asked to produce a ‘tactful’ obituary of a lady writer, Mrs Stormer, who produced three books a year under the pen name Greville Fane. He reveals that she was commercially successful, but without any real talent. She also had ambitions to train her son Leolin to become a writer, a..