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Book Synopsis The Selected Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Selected Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. Daisy Miller is a novel by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 letter-writers represent a number of different countries. Although some of the characters look like well-worn stereotypes - the wolfish Frenchman, the pedantic and aggressively nationalistic German, the snobbish upper-class English siblings - James manages to endow most of them with enough twists and turns of personality to interest the reader. One character has even been taken as a sly satire on himself. Several residents of a Paris boarding-house write letters to their friends and family back home; their primary subject is their reaction to each other. The main character is Miranda Hope, an angular but likeable Yankee Miss from Bangor, Maine who, quite bravely for a young woman of that era, is traveling in Europe alone. In her letters, she chatters to her mother about seeing the sights in Europe but doesn't like the Old World's treatment of its women, "and that is a point, you know, on which I feel very strongly." Her expressions of petulance with William Platt, who we realize must have been a suitor of hers back in Maine, are so offhand as to be amusing. Although she is in general the least affected and most sympathetic character in the story, her unawareness of the disdain in which most of the characters hold each other (including herself) makes her seem somewhat naive. Meanwhile, society girl Violet Ray of New York writes to a friend that Miranda, who she sees as provincial, is "really too horrible." Another boarder, wannabe aesthete Louis Leverett (quite possibly a self-satire by James) gushes in his letter that "the great thing is to live, you know," amid much precious verbiage about the good, the true and the bee-a-u-tiful. An English boarder, Evelyn Vane, pens a scoffing note that Louis is always talking about the color of the sky, but she doubts if he's ever seen it except through a window-pane; and the German sees Leverett's "decadence" as further evidence that the English-speaking world is weak and ripe for takeover. The Frenchman Leon Verdier almost drools in his letter about the charms of ces demoiselles among the boarders, and focuses primarily on their appearance. The rather threatening German professor is the only character both cynical and intelligent enough to realize how disdainful all the English speakers are of each other. However, he's also the least sympathetic character in the story. (James disliked Germany and its culture.) While the other characters despise each other mostly on personal grounds, or from cultural misunderstanding, Herr Professor despises them all based on their national traits and general sub-human status (he calls the Frenchman "simian"). In a letter to his German friend, he simultaneously brags of his erudition and predicts that the weakness of these other nationalities augurs a bright future "for the deep-lunged children of the Fatherland!"
Book Synopsis The Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 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. The Death of the Lion is an 1894 short story by Henry James. The narrator suggests writing an article on Neil Paraday an author; his new editor agrees.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 04 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 04 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aspern Papers is a novella by American writer Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review (NAR).
Book Synopsis The Works of Henry James, Vol. 25 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Works of Henry James, Vol. 25 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. During their meetings, St. George, who is married, advises Overt against getting married and having children, arguing that a wife and children will be the death of Overt's creativity and career. Overt then takes an extended vacation in which he considers St. George's advice. When he returns, he learns that St. George's wife had died and that St. George and Marian Fancourt had become engaged. Overt feels that St. George had set him up in order to have Miss Fancourt for himself, but St. George insists that by marrying her, he saved Overt and his career.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 36 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 36 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. James was not a great fan of Washington Square. He tried to read it over for inclusion in the New York Edition of his fiction (1907-1909) but found that he could not, so the novel was not included. Readers, though, have sufficiently enjoyed the book to make it one of the more popular of James's works. Indeed, and has since been used in schools all over the world. The novel is told in the first person omniscient point of view, and the narrator often offers comments directly to the reader ("though it is an awkward confession to make about one's heroine, I must add she was something of a glutton", Chapter II) The novel begins at a distance from the characters, describing the background of the Sloper family. It then recounts in detail the story of Catherine's romance with Morris Townsend. When Morris jilts her, the focus shifts back to a long view. As the narrator puts it: "Our story has hitherto moved with very short steps, but as it approaches its termination it must take a long stride." The final few chapters are taken once more in short steps, ending with the striking vignette of Catherine's refusal of Morris.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 07 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 07 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Harper's Weekly in 1898-1899 and then as a book later in 1899.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 02 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 02 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confidence is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Scribner's Monthly in 1879 and then as a book later the same year. The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 24) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 21 (of 24) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Figure in the Carpet" is a short story (sometimes considered a novella) by American writer Henry James first published in 1896. "The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908.
Book Synopsis The Works of Henry James, Vol. 30 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Works of Henry James, Vol. 30 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The Pupil is a short story by Henry James, first published in Longman's Magazine in 1891.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 01 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 01 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title character, a sculptor. The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876-77 and then as a book in 1877.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 15 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 15 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture and Text is a collection of essays by Henry James on the art of illustration, published in 1893. A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James' earliest years and discusses his intellectually active family, his intermittent schooling, and his first trips to Europe.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 20 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 20 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partial Portraits is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1888. The book collected essays that James had written over the preceding decade, mostly on English and American writers. English Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1905.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 11 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 11 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. Nick Dormer wants to pursue a career in painting instead of his family's traditional role in British politics.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 09 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 09 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. Hawthorne is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1879. The book was an insightful study of James' great predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 19 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 19 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notes of a Son and Brother is an autobiography by Henry James published in 1914. The book covers James' early manhood and tells of "the obscure hurt" that kept him out of the Civil War, his first efforts at writing fiction, and the early death of his beloved cousin, Minny Temple, from tuberculosis. In this second installment of his autobiography James begins to use family letters, especially those of his brother William and his father Henry James, Sr. Scholarship has shown that James altered the letters with revisions of his own. The book covers the Civil War years, which saw James' younger brother Wilky seriously injured and brought back to the family home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. James himself was exempted from service due to a back injury, the "obscure hurt" he suffered while putting out a fire with the local volunteer fire department. Meanwhile, James pursued his writing and earned his first fourteen dollars, which he looked at long and proudly. He began to place critical pieces and short stories in magazines like the North American Review, The Nation and The Atlantic Monthly. James' older brother William vacillated between art and science but finally settled on the latter, though many years would pass before he became the philosopher and psychologist of enduring fame. James offers a vivid portrait of his sometimes whimsical father, who insisted that his children "be something" instead of going in for "mere doing." The final chapter of the book covers the ill health and death (at 25) of James' spirited and appealing cousin, Minny Temple. James quotes extensively from her touching letters and says that, for himself and William, her death was "the end of our youth."
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 31 (of 36) by : Henry James
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James, Vol. 31 (of 36) written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Figure in the Carpet" is a short story (sometimes considered a novella) by American writer Henry James first published in 1896. It is told in the first person; the narrator, whose name is never revealed, meets his favorite author and becomes obsessed with discovering the secret meaning or intention of all the author's works. "The Figure in the Carpet" has evaded definitive interpretation. In his book Henry James (1913), Ford Madox Ford wrote that after it was published, James's contemporaries set themselves on a quest for the Figure as an identifiable physical entity. In the preface to his A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1941), T. S. Eliot wrote, "Nowadays, we all look for the Figure in the Carpet." It is possible that James's Figure is a palpable object that, like a talisman, facilitates interpretation of his own work. The narrator, a writer for a literary newspaper, prides himself on his astute review of Hugh Vereker's latest novel. Vereker inadvertently dismisses his efforts, and then to repair his incivility, confides in the narrator that all critics have "missed my little point," "the particular thing I've written my books most for," "the thing for the critic to find," "my secret," "like a complex figure in a Persian carpet." The narrator racks his brains and, in desperation, tells his friend Corvick about the puzzle. Corvick and his novelist fiancée, Gwendolen, pursue "the trick" without success until Corvick, traveling alone in India, wires Gwendolen and the narrator "Eureka! Immense." He refuses to tell Gwendolen the secret until they are married, and then dies in an accident. Since Gwendolen refuses to share her knowledge, the narrator speculates, "the figure in the carpet [was] traceable or describable only for husbands and wives-for lovers supremely united." She remarries, and after her death, the narrator approaches her new husband to discover the secret. But the widowed husband is surprised and humiliated by the news of his late wife's great "secret," and he and the narrator conclude by sharing the same curiosity.
