Complete Humor Romance Gothic of Henry James
Turn of the Screw, Daisy Miller, Portrait of a Lady, Beast in the Jungle, Ambassadors, What Maisie Knew, Washington Square, Aspern Papers, Jolly Corner, American, Figure in the Carpet, Italian Hours, Bostonians, Wings of the Dove, Golden Bowl, Pupil, Europeans, Altar of the Dead, Roderick Hudson, Middle Years, In the Cage, Real Thing
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Publisher Description
An American writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
Notable works - The American, The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady, What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove, Daisy Miller, The Ambassadors.
Perhaps the most prominent examples of James's legacy in recent years have been the film versions of several of his novels and stories. Three of James's novels were filmed by the team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory: The Europeans (1978), The Bostonians (1984) and The Golden Bowl (2000). The Iain Softley-directed version of The Wings of the Dove (1997) was successful with both critics and audiences, and Helena Bonham Carter received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for her memorable portrayal of Kate Croy. Agnieszka Holland's Washington Square (1997) was well received by critics, and Jane Campion tried her hand with The Portrait of a Lady (1996) but with much less success. In earlier times Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961) brought The Turn of the Screw to vivid life on film, and William Wyler's The Heiress (1949), adapted from Washington Square, won four Academy Awards, including a Best Actress award for Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper.
Contents -
The American
The Turn of the Screw
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 2 of 2
Daisy Miller
The Ambassadors
The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)
The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
What Maisie Knew
The Portrait of a Lady I (of II)
The Portrait of a Lady II (of II)
The Aspern Papers
Washington Square
The Golden Bowl
The Figure in the Carpet
The Jolly Corner
The Pupil
The Europeans
The Altar of the Dead
Italian Hours
Roderick Hudson
The Middle Years
The Beast in the Jungle
In the Cage
The Real Thing and Other Tales
The Turn of the Screw, a ghost story in which the question of childhood corruption obsesses a governess.
In The Wings of the Dove (1902) an inheritance destroys the love of a young couple.
The Ambassadors (1903) his most "perfect" work of art.
The Bostonians (1886) is set in the era of the rising feminist movement.
What Maisie Knew (1897) depicts a preadolescent girl who must choose between her parents and a motherly old governess.
Among James's masterpieces are Daisy Miller (1879); in which the eponymous protagonist, the young and innocent American Daisy Miller, finds her values in conflict with European sophistication.
The Portrait of a Lady (1881), in which a young American woman finds that her upbringing has ill prepared her against two scheming American expatriates during her travels in Europe.
