Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England), American novelist and, as a naturalized English citizen from 1915, a great figure in the transatlantic culture. His fundamental theme was the innocence and exuberance of the New World in clash with the corruption and wisdom of the Old, as illustrated in such works as Daisy Miller (1879), The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), and The Ambassadors (1903).
He is best known for his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between émigré Americans, English people, and continental Europeans. Examples of such novels include The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove. His later works were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often made use of a style in which ambiguous or contradictory motives and impressions were overlaid or juxtaposed in the discussion of a character's psyche. For their unique ambiguity, as well as for other aspects of their composition, his late works have been compared to impressionist painting.
The lists below can be found on this app that give some his main works:
A Little Tour in France
A Little Tour of France
A London Life, and Other Tales
A Passionate Pilgrim
A Small Boy and Others
An International Episode
Confidence
Daisy Miller A Study
Embarrassments
English Hours
Four Meetings
Georgina's Reasons
Glasses
Greville Fane
Hawthorne
In the Cage
Italian Hours
Louisa Pallant
Madame De Mauves
Nona Vincent
Notes of a Son and Brother
Notes on Novelists, with Some Other Notes
Pandora
Partial Portraits
Picture and Text
Roderick Hudson
Sir Dominick Ferrand
Some Short Stories [by Henry James]
The Altar of the Dead
The Ambassadors
The American
The Aspern Papers
The Author of Beltraffio
The Awkward Age
The Beast in the Jungle
The Birthplace
The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)
The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
The Chaperon
The Coxon Fund
The Death of the Lion
The Diary of a Man of Fifty
The Europeans
The Figure in the Carpet
The Finer Grain
The Golden Bowl — Complete
The Ivory Tower
The Jolly Corner
The Lesson of the Master
The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)
The Letters of Henry James, (Vol. II)
The Madonna of the Future
The Marriages
The Middle Years
The Outcry
The Patagonia
The Path Of Duty
The Pension Beaurepas
The Point of View
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
The Princess Casamassima A Novel
The Pupil
The Real Thing and Other Tales
The Reverberator
The Sacred Fount
The Sense of the Past
The Spoils of Poynton
The Tragic Muse
The Turn of the Screw
The Two Magics The Turn of the Screw, Covering End
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2
The Wings of the Dove, Volume II
Views and Reviews
Washington Square
What Maisie Knew
Within the Rim, and Other Essays, 1914-15
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He is best known for his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between émigré Americans, English people, and continental Europeans. Examples of such novels include The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove. His later works were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often made use of a style in which ambiguous or contradictory motives and impressions were overlaid or juxtaposed in the discussion of a character's psyche. For their unique ambiguity, as well as for other aspects of their composition, his late works have been compared to impressionist painting.
The lists below can be found on this app that give some his main works:
A Little Tour in France
A Little Tour of France
A London Life, and Other Tales
A Passionate Pilgrim
A Small Boy and Others
An International Episode
Confidence
Daisy Miller A Study
Embarrassments
English Hours
Four Meetings
Georgina's Reasons
Glasses
Greville Fane
Hawthorne
In the Cage
Italian Hours
Louisa Pallant
Madame De Mauves
Nona Vincent
Notes of a Son and Brother
Notes on Novelists, with Some Other Notes
Pandora
Partial Portraits
Picture and Text
Roderick Hudson
Sir Dominick Ferrand
Some Short Stories [by Henry James]
The Altar of the Dead
The Ambassadors
The American
The Aspern Papers
The Author of Beltraffio
The Awkward Age
The Beast in the Jungle
The Birthplace
The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)
The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
The Chaperon
The Coxon Fund
The Death of the Lion
The Diary of a Man of Fifty
The Europeans
The Figure in the Carpet
The Finer Grain
The Golden Bowl — Complete
The Ivory Tower
The Jolly Corner
The Lesson of the Master
The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)
The Letters of Henry James, (Vol. II)
The Madonna of the Future
The Marriages
The Middle Years
The Outcry
The Patagonia
The Path Of Duty
The Pension Beaurepas
The Point of View
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
The Princess Casamassima A Novel
The Pupil
The Real Thing and Other Tales
The Reverberator
The Sacred Fount
The Sense of the Past
The Spoils of Poynton
The Tragic Muse
The Turn of the Screw
The Two Magics The Turn of the Screw, Covering End
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2
The Wings of the Dove, Volume II
Views and Reviews
Washington Square
What Maisie Knew
Within the Rim, and Other Essays, 1914-15
Credits :
All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
Readium is available under BSD 3-Clause license
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