PDF Books in Fiction Short Stories
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..
Madame De Mauves
by Henry JamesMadame 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. The tale reflects the intense interest James took in the "intern..
The Author of Beltraffio
by Henry JamesThe 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 family relationships than on his special concerns as..
A Passionate Pilgrim
by Henry JamesA Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. The story was the earliest fiction that James included in the New York Edition (1907–09) of his works. Set in England, the tale shows James' strong interest in the contrast between the Old World and the New. In fact, the difference between America and..