Henry James
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Lexile measure
1190L
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English
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Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house, a young American heiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale, who seems to have the world before her and at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life, eager for love, she embarks on her European adventure, warming to the admiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kate are secretly engaged, and come to see in this angel with a thumping...
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Everyman's library volume no. 912
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J.M. Dent
Pub. Date
1935.
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English
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The story unfolds with the arrival of a new governess at a remote country estate. She has been hired by the uncle of two young orphans to take complete charge of the children's lives and upbringing. Her first peaceful weeks are disturbed by the apparition of the ghosts of two evil servants who once served in the house.
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Library of America volume 29
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Washington Square, The portrait of a lady, The Bostonians.
25) The golden bowl
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English
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James' controversial novel probes the mind of an American heiress as she becomes aware of the affair between her husband and her father's young wife.
26) The ambassadors
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English
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Lambert Strether, a mild middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august patron, Mrs. Newsome, is to discover what, or who, is keeping her son Chad in the notorious city of pleasure, and to bring him home. But Strether finds Chad transformed by the influence of a remarkable woman; and as the Parisian spring advances, he himself...
30) What Maisie knew
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Lexile measure
1200L
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English
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An innocent young girl who is caught between her divorced parents attempts to understand life and its injustices. Shuttled between her parents, who value her only as a means for provoking each other, Maisie is drawn into an entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal.
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Library of America volume 13
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1983]
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English
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Five novels dramatize the interaction of Americans with more sophisticated Europeans.
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Library of America volume 22-23
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1984]
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English
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Essays on literature -- American writers -- English writers.
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1983]
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
To read a story by Henry James is to enter a world--a rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complex characters. Devious children, sparring lovers, capricious American girls, obtuse bachelors, sibylline spinsters and charming Europeans populate these five fascinating Nouvelles --works which represent the author in both his early and late phases. From the apparitions of evil that haunt the governess in The Turn Of The Screw...
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Library of America volume 82
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The 21 stories in Complete Stories 1892-1898 represent James at the peak of his storytelling powers. Among them are "The Turn of the Screw," one of his most popular works, a terrifying exercise in psychological horror centering on the corruption of childhood innocence; "The Real Thing," a playful consideration of the illusions of art and the paradoxes of authenticity; "The Figure in the Carpet," "The Death of the Lion," and "The Middle Years," three...
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Library of America volume 83
Publisher
Library of America (Firm)
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
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An expertly edited, fine edition of James's stories from the end of his career collects thirty-one tales, including the fantasies "The Great Good Place" and "The Jolly Corner," along with "The Beast in the Jungle."
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Library of America volume 43
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Presents three works from the distinguished American writer--"The Princess Cassimassima," "The Reverberator," and "The Tragic Muse"--That explore a range of ideas in a distinct realist style.