Selected Short Stories (eBook)

Henry James (Autor)

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2017
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82232-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Tales include "Lord Beaupré," concerning a bogus engagement; "The Middle Years," recounting an author's reflections on his achievements; "The Real Thing"; "Georgina's Reasons"; and the ghost story "Sir Edmund Orme."

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The literary career of Henry James (1843–1916) ranks among the longest and most productive in American letters. The expatriate author, who ultimately adopted British citizenship, often portrayed the conflicts of American and European manners, morals, and world views. This original selection of outstanding stories published between 1879 and 1893 illustrates the master's talents to the fullest, offering ironic views of love and marriage as well as thought-provoking meditations on artistic and literary life. Five tales include "e;Lord Beaupré,"e; which concerns a bogus engagement; "e;The Real Thing,"e; an exploration of the tension between reality and artistic technique; "e;The Middle Years,"e; recounting an ailing author's reflections on a lifetime of artistic achievement; "e;Georgina's Reasons,"e; in which a defiant young woman makes a secret marriage; and the ghost story "e;Sir Edmund Orme,"e; which features a specter who haunts a young woman to ensure that she doesn't repeat her mother's mistake.

Autor

American author Henry James (1843–1916) spent most of his career in Europe and ultimately adopted British citizenship. A prolific writer of criticism, biography, and travel-related books and articles, James is known above all for his highly influential novels, which frequently explore the clash of Old and New World cultures.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 154 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 19th-century fiction • 19th-century literary realism • Alice James • american letters • A Passionate Pilgrim • a secret marriage • A Tragedy of Error • Beauty • british writer • conflicts of american and european manners • Daisy Miller • defiant young woman • divorce, American • Domestic fiction • domestic romance • Family • family drama • Fiction • Henry James • henry james short stories • Henry James, Sr. • humorous • Jealousy • Literary criticism • Love • Madame de Mauves • meditations on artistic life • meditations on literary life • Morals • Nobel Prize in literature • relationships • Roderick Hudson • Romance • Short Stories • short-stories-collections • The Ambassadors • The Aspern Papers • The Atlantic Monthly • The Beast in the Jungle • The Bostonians • The Century Magazine • The Figure in the Carpet • The Golden Bowl • The Lesson of the Master • The Portrait of a Lady • The Princess Casamassima • The Pupil • The Story of a Year • The Turn of the Screw • the wings of the dove • views of love and marriage • William James • world views
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82232-X / 048682232X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82232-7 / 9780486822327