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Collected stories. Volume 1 / Henry James ; selected and introduced by John Bayley.

by James, Henry, 1843-1916.

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FICTION JAM v.1

United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 244

xxxii, 1237 p. ; 21 cm.

"A Borzoi book"

"1866-91"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references.

A landscape-painter (1866) -- A light man (1869) -- A passionate pilgrim (1871) -- The madonna of the future (1873) -- Madame de Mauves (1874) -- Benvolio (1875) -- Daisy Miller: a study (1878) -- An international episode (1878) -- The pension beaurepas (1879) -- The point of view (1882) --/tThe siege of London (1883) -- Lady Barberina (1884) -- The author of Beltraffio (1884) -- Louisa Pallant (1888) -- The Aspern Papers (1888) -- The liar (1888) -- The lesson of the master (1888) -- The patagonia (1888) -- The pupil ( 1888) -- The marriages (1891) -- The chaperon (1891) -- Sir Edmund Orme (1891)

Spanning a period of almost 50 years, the stories of Henry James represent one of the most remarkable feats of sustained literary creation in modern times -- a body of work that, for sheer richness, variety, and intensity, is unsurpassed in its genre. This collection includes all the major stories as well as many that are unfamiliar but equally fascinating and memorable. Volume I covers the years in which James was evolving his art as a storyteller. It includes such masterpieces as "Daisy Miller", "The Aspern Papers", "The Lesson of the Master", and other tales in which James established his favorite character types and situations: the American girl in Europe, the solitary observer, the social climber, the literary lion. Volume II includes the magnificent works of James's maturity -- "The Figure in the Carpet", "The Turn of the Screw", "The Beast in the Jungle", among many others -- in which the deepening darkness of the author's own life casts a tragic but heroic shadow on the themes of his youth.

Psychological fiction.

Classic fiction.

Bayley, John, 1925-

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