Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 33 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Middle Years" is a short story by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1893. It may be the most affecting and profound of James's stories about writers. The novelist in the tale speculates that he has spent his whole life learning how to write, so a second life would make sense, "to apply the lesson." Second lives aren't usually available, so the novelist says of himself and his fellow artists: "We work in the dark-we do what we can-we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art." Dencombe, a novelist who has been seriously ill, is convalescing at the English seaside town of Bournemouth. He is sitting near the water and reading his latest book entitled, of course, The Middle Years. A young physician named Dr. Hugh comes over to Dencombe and begins to talk about his admiration for the novel, though he doesn't realize that he's speaking to the book's author. The weakened Dencombe suddenly loses consciousness. When he revives, he finds that Dr. Hugh has recognized him, and that the physician is also attending a wealthy woman referred to only as the Countess. Over the next few days Dr. Hugh pays more attention to Dencombe than to the Countess, and he is warned about this by the wealthy woman's companion, Miss Vernham. A few days later Dencombe relapses. Dr. Hugh tells Dencombe that the Countess has died and left him nothing in her will. Close to death Dencombe whispers to Dr. Hugh the eloquent words quoted above. The tale's final sentence tells how Dencombe's first and only chance at life and art has ended.
Download or read book The Selected Works of Henry James Vol 33 of 36 written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Middle Years" is a short story by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1893. It may be the most affecting and profound of James's stories about writers. The novelist in the tale speculates that he has spent his whole life learning how to write, so a second life would make sense, "to apply the lesson."
Download or read book The Works of Henry James Vol 33 of 36 written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898).
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 04 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aspern Papers is a novella by American writer Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review (NAR).
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 02 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confidence is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Scribner's Monthly in 1879 and then as a book later the same year. The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 07 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Harper's Weekly in 1898-1899 and then as a book later in 1899.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 01 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title character, a sculptor. The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876-77 and then as a book in 1877.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 09 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. Hawthorne is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1879. The book was an insightful study of James' great predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 15 of 36 Picture and Text A Small Boy and Others written by Henry James and published by Throne Classics. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 20 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partial Portraits is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1888. The book collected essays that James had written over the preceding decade, mostly on English and American writers. English Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1905.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 36 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. James was not a great fan of Washington Square. He tried to read it over for inclusion in the New York Edition of his fiction (1907-1909) but found that he could not, so the novel was not included. Readers, though, have sufficiently enjoyed the book to make it one of the more popular of James's works. Indeed, and has since been used in schools all over the world. The novel is told in the first person omniscient point of view, and the narrator often offers comments directly to the reader ("though it is an awkward confession to make about one's heroine, I must add she was something of a glutton", Chapter II) The novel begins at a distance from the characters, describing the background of the Sloper family. It then recounts in detail the story of Catherine's romance with Morris Townsend. When Morris jilts her, the focus shifts back to a long view. As the narrator puts it: "Our story has hitherto moved with very short steps, but as it approaches its termination it must take a long stride." The final few chapters are taken once more in short steps, ending with the striking vignette of Catherine's refusal of Morris.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 06 of 36 The Golden Bowl Italian Hours written by Henry James and published by Throne Classics. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. Italian Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1909.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 11 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. Nick Dormer wants to pursue a career in painting instead of his family's traditional role in British politics.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 35 of 36 The Two Magics The Wings of the Dove written by Henry James and published by Throne Classics. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 05 of 36 written by Henry James and published by Bookland Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrator, an unnamed illustrator and aspiring painter, hires a faded genteel couple, the Monarchs, as models, after they have lost most of their money and must find some line of work. The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-81.
Download or read book The Selected Works of Henry James Vol 21 of 36 written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Bundle of Letters" is a comic short story by Henry James, originally published in The Parisian magazine in 1879, which is also when the story takes place. Daisy Miller is a novel by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Henry James Vol 32 of 36 The Jolly Corner The Lesson of the Master written by Henry James and published by Throne Classics. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908. The Lesson of the Master is a novella written by Henry James, originally published in 1888.
