โ Scribed by Henry James
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Henry James led a wandering life, which took him far from his native shores, but he continued to think of New York City, where his family had settled for several years during his childhood, as his hometown. Here Colm Toibin, the author of the Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Master , a portrait of Henry James, brings together for the first time all the stories that James set in New York City. Written over the course of James's career and ranging from the deliciously tart comedy of the early "An International Episode" to the surreal and haunted corridors of "The Jolly Corner," and including "Washington Square," the poignant novella considered by many (though not, as it happens, by the author himself) to be one of James's finest achievements, the nine fictions gathered here reflect James's varied talents and interests as well as the deep and abiding preoccupations of his imagination. And throughout the book, as Toibin's fascinating...
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The story of a masterpiece -- A most extraordinary case -- Crawford's consistency -- An international episode -- Washington Square -- The impressions of a cousin -- The jolly corner -- Crapy Cornelia -- A round of visits.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE; to 'The Turn of the Screw'; THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE; to 'The Private Life', 'Owen Wingrave', 'The Friends of the Friends', 'Sir Edmund Orme', 'The Real Right Thing' and 'The Jolly Corner'; The Roma
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This Library of America volume brings together _The Sacred Fount_ (1901), one of Henry James's most unusual experiments, and _The Wings of the Dove_ (1902), one of his most beloved masterpieces and the novel that inaugurated the majestic and intricate "late phase" of his literary career. Writing t
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