Henry James
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Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in
Portrait of Henry James by John Singer Sargent, 1913
Henry James, age 11, with his father, Henry James Sr. – 1854 daguerreotype by Mathew Brady
James, age 16
Copy of 1913 statue of Henry James by Francis Derwent Wood, displayed at Chelsea Library. (Original statue was stolen in 1992.)
The Golden Bowl
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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's career. The Go
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…and continental Europeans, such as The Portrait of a Lady (1881). His later works, such as The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903), and The Golden Bowl (1904) were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often wrote in a style…
First UK edition