The Great Short Novels of Henry James

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THE GREAT SHORT NOVELS of HENRY JAMES
The réputation of Henry James has grown immeasurably since his death in 1916, and he is now generally regarded by discriminating readers as America's greatest novelist and a master of modem prose belonging to the company of Proust and Joyce. He is among the two or three American writers of the nineteenth Century who were able to invent and put to creative use the imaginative methods of the twentieth Century. And it is precisely because of the modernity of his gifts that his contem-poraries failed to appraise him at his true worth.
The renewed interest in his work has prompted the publication of this collection of his best and most typical short novels. Many of the titles included are out of print and un-available except in the many-volumed definitive édition.
James, who spent many years in Europe, discovered one of his major themes in the relation between the Old World and the New. His picture of life recreates an era that is past and at... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE GREAT SHORT NOVELS of HENRY JAMES
The réputation of Henry James has grown immeasurably since his death in 1916, and he is now generally regarded by discriminating readers as America's greatest novelist and a master of modem prose belonging to the company of Proust and Joyce. He is among the two or three American writers of the nineteenth Century who were able to invent and put to creative use the imaginative methods of the twentieth Century. And it is precisely because of the modernity of his gifts that his contem-poraries failed to appraise him at his true worth.
The renewed interest in his work has prompted the publication of this collection of his best and most typical short novels. Many of the titles included are out of print and un-available except in the many-volumed definitive édition.
James, who spent many years in Europe, discovered one of his major themes in the relation between the Old World and the New. His picture of life recreates an era that is past and at the same time recalls us to the most modem type of experience. An histórián of manners, a brilliant craftsman, a creator of un-forgettable characters and a storyteller of ex-traordinary invention, Henry James is now recognized as a writer whose work is of para-mount importance in the history of American letters.
The ten complete novels reprinted here serve not only to fili in a gap in your knowledge ot our native literature but offer matchless literary fare that should bring you many hours of sheer reading pleasure. Vissza