Henry James - Libros y biografía

Spencer Brydon ritorna a New York, dopo aver trascorso in giro per il mondo gli ultimi trent’anni. Decide che la vecchia casa di famiglia dovrà lasciare il posto a nuovi e costosi appartamenti. Prima...

The book opens with an unnamed narrator’s description of a party held one Christmas Eve in England at which some friends have gathered to share ghost stories. One of the partygoers, Douglas, says that...

Henry James' 'The Complete Works' is a collection of the author's most beloved novels, novellas, and short stories. Written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, James' works are known for their...

"To travel with James in these pages is to take an unhurried vacation with a thoroughly seasoned, supremely cultivated, acutely intelligent companion. Our guide is a curious, engaged observer not only...

A short story which deals, as many other novels by James, with the changing role of women in Society and the differences that begun to arise between the old stiff Europe and the America at the end of...

The novel comes from what is called James’s ‘late period’. The writing is mannered, baroque, complex, and focused intently on the psychological relationships between his characters. There is very little...

The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. This novel tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of...

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters:...

The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced and irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly dysfunctional family. The book is also...

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters:...

Henry James' 'The Real Thing and Other Tales' is a collection of short stories that delves into the complexities of human nature and relationships. Written in James' signature literary style of psychological...

Owen Wingrave est l'histoire d'un jeune homme tourmenté : héritier d'une longue lignée de héros militaires, il décide de rompre avec sa formation militaire... et prouvera malgré tout sa bravoure d'une...

Henry James was one of the greatest and most prolific American authors ever to have lived.Henry James believed that the short novel was the perfect literary form, and his achievements here brilliantly...

In 'Henry James: Complete Novels', readers are immersed in the sophisticated and intricate prose of one of the greatest American authors of the 19th century. Known for his psychological insight and nuanced...

Dans cet ouvrage peu connu d'Henry James, le narrateur s'immisce dans la vie d'un homme, il favorise sa rencontre avec une cousine lointaine. Une rencontre entre cousin et cousine qui aurait pu être un...

Henry James (1843 - 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists...

'O Mentiroso' é uma pequena novela centrada na personagem de Oliver Lyon, um pintor contratado para produzir um retrato de Sir David Ashmore, um nonagenário. Para esse efeito, Lyon desloca-se à casa de...

I had taken Mrs. Prest into my confidence; in truth without her I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips. It was she who invented...

Dans cet ouvrage peu connu d'Henry James, le narrateur s'immisce dans la vie d'un homme, il favorise sa rencontre avec une cousine lointaine. Une rencontre entre cousin et cousine qui aurait pu être un...

Tra i padri del moderno romanzo e pioniere di una forma narrativa assolutamente innovativa, in questo racconto Henry James ci porta nell'Inghilterra dell'800, dove il protagonista, John Marcher, confida...

Tre classici racconti dello scrittore americano Henry James (1843-1916). Ne «Il diario di un cinquantenne» un inglese torna a visitare Firenze dopo molti anni e rivive i fantasmi della propria giovinezza...

Qual è il segreto insegnamento di un’opera d’arte? Quale forza guida la creazione e traccia il destino di un artista? Henry James, nei tre racconti mai apparsi insieme che proponiamo, cerca di rispondere...

What determined the speech that startled him in the course of their encounter scarcely matters, being probably but some words spoken by himself quite without intention—spoken as they lingered and slowly...

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the...

"James’s critical genius comes out most tellingly in his mastery over, his baffling escape from, Ideas; a mastery and an escape which are perhaps the last test of a superior intelligence. He had a mind...

Painted by John Singer Sargent and admired by Sarah Bernhardt, Isabella Stewart Gardner was both popular and unconventional. A passionate art collector and philanthropist, she surrounded herself with...

HENRY JAMES first came to Venice as a tourist and instantly fell in love with the city - particularly with the splendid Palazzo Barbaro, home of the expatriate American Curtis family. This selection of...

Meander through Provence in the company of Henry James experiencing the sights, culture and sounds of late nineteenth-century Southern France in this new book in Hesperus's bestselling 'On' series. In...

L’amore di Henry James per il teatro non fu certo una passione fortunata. Di tutte le opere teatrali che scrisse, ben poche vennero rappresentate e le poche che lo furono non incontrarono grande successo....

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the...