Henry James

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Henry James - Reverberator

Another Jamesian look at Americans in Paris. What happens when a reporter for an American scandal sheet (The Reverberator) is looking for a good story, though one which might interfere with the marriage plans of a...

Nicholas Clifford 5 hours 29 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - London Life

A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-American manners and a fascinating glimpse of late Victorian London. Summary by...

Deborah Percy 5 hours 22 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Henry James - Turn of the Screw (version 2)

Henry James' classic ghost story comprises the written testimony of a young governess, charged with looking after two small children at an isolated country estate, who believes they are being haunted. As the story...

Elizabeth Klett 4 hours 36 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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General Fiction

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Henry James - In the Cage

In the Cage is a novella by Henry James, first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She deciphers clues to her clients' personal lives from the often cryptic...

Lee Ann Howlett 3 hours 56 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - Lady Barbarina

Rich and beautiful American girls heading to England to find themselves noble titles through marriage, and using their New World wealth to prop up the waning strength of the aristocracy, was almost a staple of late...

Nicholas Clifford 3 hours 53 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - Aspern Papers

One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, but now dead, American poet. His attempts to secure them from the poet’s former...

Nicholas Clifford 3 hours 51 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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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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Humorous Fiction

508

Henry James - International Episode

Two men visting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunication and cultural faux pas abound in this short but delightful novel....

Alex Foster and 5 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Published 1800 -1900

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Henry James - Liar

A successful painter reconnects with the woman he once loved during a visit to an English country house. His surprise is great when he learns that her husband is susceptible to a very peculiar habit. — Summary by...

Deborah Percy 2 hours 29 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Lesson of the Master

A promising young writer meets an older man whose works have inspired him, as well as a highly intelligent and attractive young woman, at a gathering in a country house. Anxious to learn all he can from the older...

Nicholas Clifford 2 hours 29 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Coxon Fund

This novella explores the relationship between Frank Saltram, a charismatic speaker who is also a freeloader; Ruth Anvoy, a young American who visits her widowed aunt, Lady Coxon, an American who married a Brit; and...

Larry Caplan and 1 more 2 hours 24 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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