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Joseph Conrad once said of his friend **Henry James**, βAs is meet for a man of his descent and tradition, Mr. James is the historian of fine consciences." As it turns out, James was also incredibly gifted at writing exceptional ghost stories. This collectionβincluding β*The Beast in the Jungle*" and β*The Jolly Corner*"βfeatures James's finest supernatural tales, along with criticism, a discussion of the legacies of James's writing, and provocative study questions.
**David L. Sweet** is a professor of American and comparative literature at The American University in Cairo. He has also taught at Princeton, The City University of New York, The American University of Paris, and Columbia University, where he received his doctorate in Comparative Literature. His book *Savage Sight/Constructed Noise: Poetic Adaptations of Painterly Techniques in the French and American Avant-Gardes* will be published next year by the University of North Carolina.