Henry James

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (version 3)

Our central character is Isabel Archer of Albany, New York, a young woman of no great means, and no great beauty (that is, by her own estimation; others disagree) yet of rich imagination, high ideals and a thirst for...

Nicholas Clifford 25 hours 5 minutes

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Henry James - Siege of London

In this work, first published in 1883, James once again writes of an American trying to settle in England. The woman at the center, however, is not a product of the Boston or New York upper classes, but of the...

Nicholas Clifford 3 hours 36 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Henry James - Outcry

The story concerns the contemplated sale of a famous painting by a proud but relatively cash-strapped British aristocrat to a wealthy American art collector who is bent on buying up treasured masterpieces from the Old...

Linda Johnson and 1 more 6 hours 24 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Henry James - Other House

A dramatic tale of passion and unrequited love, involving a deathbed promise, murder and a cover-up, all of which takes place in a tight-knit community of people. — Summary by (shih-ping)

KirkL and 3 more 7 hours 34 minutes

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Literary Fiction

462

Henry James - Beast in the Jungle (version 2)

One of James's last great stories, it is not actually a ghost story but has every claim to be considered such with its mysterious spectral essences surviving death and summoning the central character towards — well,...

Tony Addison 2 hours 19 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Henry James - Jolly Corner (Version 2)

«A miraculous masterpiece» it seemed to Henry James, who wrote it. What actually happens in this most remarkable story (though at one level, it is quite clear — a ghost appears) must ever remain unresolved. Stalked by...

Tony Addison 2 hours 7 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Henry James - Way It Came

Best known under the title «The Friends Of The Friends» and chosen under that title for his classic fantasy anthology «Black Water» by Alberto Manguel as one of the best ghost stories ever written, this «ghost» story...

Tony Addison 1 hour 29 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Henry James - Confidence

This light and somewhat awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright, and the sometimes inscrutable heroine, Angela Vivian. The plot rambles through various romantic entanglements...

Judi Mason and 4 more 7 hours 46 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

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Henry James - Little Tour in France

A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France — from Touraine, down to Provence, then back up north — made by Henry James in 1882, and first published in the Atlantic...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 51 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Tragic Muse

Art or politics, this is the question Nick Dormer dealls with in the course of this novel. Mirian Ruth, an aspiring actress, is the «tragic muse» of the title. Her concerns are a bit different: would proper society...

shihping and 5 more 23 hours 15 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - Chaperon

What on earth is a girl to do when London society has convicted her mother of a dreadful sin and has ostracized her? If blood is thicker than water, and the daughter remains loyal to her erring parent, how far will...

Nicholas Clifford 1 hour 43 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - Papers

Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James, of course, long pre-dates the multiplicity of media in today’s world, when...

Nicholas Clifford 3 hours 57 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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