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The Point of View
What is the true American identity?This question, still relevant today, was a core issue in the 19th century art and literature. In "Point of View", Henry James is searching for an …
The Portrait Of A Lady
Isabel Archer, a beautiful and adventurous young American woman, has been brought to Europe by her Aunt, Mrs Touchett, hoping to find a future husband for her niece. When Isabel …
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
What can destroy sisterly love faster than a love triangle?'The Romance of Certain Old Clothes' tells the story of two sisters: Viola and Perdita, described as equally beautiful. …
The Bostonians
Regarded as one of his finest works, Henry James' ‘The Bostonians’ (1886) is a brilliant satire about the women’s rights movement in America. Verena Tarrant is an inspirational …
The Figure In The Carpet
Enwrapped in indescribable mysteriousness, ‘The Figure in the Carpet’ (1896) is a short story by the American-born British writer Henry James. It explores the meaning of art and …
B. J. Harrison Reads The Turn of the Screw
A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. …
The Tree of Knowledge
'The Tree of Knowledge' tells the story of Morgan Mallow, a tal?ntless sculptor and his friend, Peter Brench. Peter wants to keep his friend's wife and son from discovering …
The Aspern Papers
One of James’ most popular novellas, "The Aspern Papers" is based on the letters exchanged between the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife’s stepsister Claire …
What Maisie Knew
‘What Maise Knew’ (1897) should perhaps have been titled ‘Divorce for Dummies‘ instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do …
Georgina's Reasons
"...her singularity took the form of a charm which—once circumstances had made them so intimate—it was impossible to resist or conjure away."The beautiful New Yorker, Georgina …
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
A young governess. A remote house. Two silent children. When less than benevolent ghosts are added into this already precarious mixture - chaos ensues. A gothic novella that …
A Little Tour In France
France - Delicious food, beautiful buildings and an elegance of people rarely seen anywhere else!Dear reader, take my hand and enjoy this tour de France – with Henry James as your …