{"product_id":"everymans-library-classics-seriesisbn-9780375409356","title":"Everyman's Library Classics Series","description":"\u003cp\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 1 covers the period from 1866 to 1891, the years in which James was evolving and perfecting his art as a storyteller. It includes such well-known masterpieces as “Daisy Miller,” ‘The Aspern Papers,” “The Siege of London,” and “The Lesson of the Master,” and many other tales in which James established his favorite characters and situations: the American girl in Europe, the solitary observer, the social climber, the literary lion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents of Volume 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Landscape-Painter\u003cbr\u003eA Light Man\u003cbr\u003eA Passionate Pilgrim\u003cbr\u003eThe Madonna of the Future\u003cbr\u003eMadame de Mauves\u003cbr\u003eBenvolio\u003cbr\u003eDaisy Miller: A Study\u003cbr\u003eAn International Episode\u003cbr\u003eThe Pension Beaurepas\u003cbr\u003eThe Point of View\u003cbr\u003eThe Siege of London\u003cbr\u003eLady Barberina\u003cbr\u003eThe Author of \"Beltraffio\"\u003cbr\u003eLouisa Pallant\u003cbr\u003eThe Aspern Papers\u003cbr\u003eThe Liar\u003cbr\u003eThe Lesson of the Master\u003cbr\u003eThe Patagonia\u003cbr\u003eThe Pupil\u003cbr\u003eThe Marriages\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaperon\u003cbr\u003eSir Edmund Orme\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":46304478691557,"sku":"NP9780375409356","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375409356.jpg?v=1730757465","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/everymans-library-classics-seriesisbn-9780375409356","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}