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Henry James : A Life in Letters - Henry James

Henry James

A Life in Letters

By: Henry James

Paperback | 28 February 2001 | Edition Number 1

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HENRY JAMES was born in 1843 in New York City, of Scottish and Irish ancestry. His father was a prominent theologian and philosopher and his elder brother, William, is also famous as a philosopher. He attended schools in New York and later in London, Paris and Geneva, entering the Law School at Harvard in 1862. In 1865 he began to contribute reviews and short stories to American journals. In 1875, after two prior visits to Europe, he settled for a year in Paris, where he met Flaubert, Turgenev and other literary figures. However, the next year he moved to London, where he became so popular in society that in the winter of 1878-9 he confessed to accepting 107 invitations. In 1898 he left London and went to live at Lamb House, Rye, Sussex. Henry James became a British citizen in 1915, was awarded the Order of Merit and died in 1916.James wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl.
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Letters, written prolifically by an eloquent, elegant writer, provide a fascinatingly ambiguous insight. James's letters manage to be both intimate and self-regarding - he said to his brother William that his letters would 'constitute his real and best biography' and it was with an eye to this that James himself wrote. This fully annotated selection offers his opinions on his own writing, the literary craft, sex, politics and friendships. (Kirkus UK)

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