{"product_id":"collected-stories-of-henry-james-isbn-9780375409363","title":"Collected Stories of Henry James","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEncompassing a period of almost fifty years, the stories of Henry James represent the most remarkable feat of sustained literary creation in modern times. For sheer richness, variety and intensity, they have no equal in fiction, enabling us to trace the evolution of a great writer in the finest detail. This collection reprints all the major stories together with many unfamiliar but equally intriguing pieces that illuminate their more celebrated companions.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003eVolume 2 takes us from “The Private Life” of 1892 to James’s last story, “A Round of Visits,” published in 1910. These are the magnificent works of James’s maturity—“The Death of the Lion,” “The Altar of the Dead,” “The Figure in the Carpet,” “The Turn of the Screw,” “In the Cage,” “The Beast in the Jungle,” and many others—in which the deepening darkness of the author’s life casts a tragic but heroic shadow on the themes of his youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents of Volume 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Private Life\u003cbr\u003eThe Real Thing\u003cbr\u003eOwen Wingrave\u003cbr\u003eThe Middle Years\u003cbr\u003eThe Death of the Lion\u003cbr\u003eThe Coxon Fund\u003cbr\u003eThe Next Time\u003cbr\u003eThe Altar of the Dead\u003cbr\u003eThe Figure in the Carpet\u003cbr\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003cbr\u003eIn the Cage\u003cbr\u003eThe Real Right Thing\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Good Place\u003cbr\u003eMiss Gunton of Poughkeepsie\u003cbr\u003eThe Abasement of the Northmores\u003cbr\u003eThe Special Type\u003cbr\u003eThe Tone of Time\u003cbr\u003eThe Two Faces\u003cbr\u003eThe Beldonald Holbein\u003cbr\u003eThe Story in It\u003cbr\u003eFlickerbridge\u003cbr\u003eThe Beast in the Jungle\u003cbr\u003eThe Papers\u003cbr\u003eFordham Castle\u003cbr\u003eJulia Bride\u003cbr\u003eThe Jolly Corner\u003cbr\u003eCrapy Cornelia\u003cbr\u003eThe Bench of Desolation\u003cbr\u003eA Round of Visits\u003c\/p\u003eHenry James was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the first great American psychologists and the author of the influential Pragmatism; his sister, Alice, though an invalid for most of her life, was a talented conversationalist, a lively letter writer, and a witty observer of the art and politics of her time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn search of the proper education for his children, Henry senior sent them to schools in America, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Returning to America, Henry junior lived in Newport, briefly attended Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began contributing stories and book reviews to magazines. Two more trips to Europe led to his final decision to settle there, first in Paris in 1875, then in London next year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames's first major novel, \u003ci\u003eRoderick Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1875, but it was \u003ci\u003eDaisy Miller\u003c\/i\u003e (1878) that brought him international fame as the chronicler of American expatriates and their European adventures. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe American\u003c\/i\u003e (1877), \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e (1880),\u003ci\u003ePrincess Casamassima\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), and the three late masterpieces, \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e (1902), \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bowl \u003c\/i\u003e(1904). He also wrote plays, criticism, autobiography, travel books (including \u003ci\u003eThe American Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, 1907) and some of the finest short stories in the English language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis later works were little read during his lifetime but have since come to be recognized as forerunners of literary modernism. Upon the outbreak of World War I, James threw his energies into war relief work and decided to adopt British citizenship. One month before his death in 1916, he received the Order of Merit from King George V.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299993506021,"sku":"NP9780375409363","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375409363.jpg?v=1767723908","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/collected-stories-of-henry-james-isbn-9780375409363","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}