Notes of a Son and Brother
Henry James
The second volume of James's memoirs, covering his youth, his family, the Civil War years, and his brother William James. An intimate portrait of the family that shaped him.
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The Portrait of a LadyIsabel Archer turns down two proposals to see the world on her own terms, then walks into a marriage that becomes a trap. James's best-loved novel, a masterpiece about freedom, money, and the price of choosing for yourself.
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Shy heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by a charming young man her father is sure only wants her fortune. A short, sharp novel set in old New York and the best place to start with Henry James.
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Lambert Strether travels to Paris to bring a young American home and ends up questioning his own life instead. James considered it his finest novel, a subtle late work about seeing too late what you missed.
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Kate Croy, in love but penniless, pushes her fiance toward a dying American heiress so he can inherit her fortune. One of the three great novels of James's late phase, dark, intricate, and deeply moving.
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A wealthy American and his daughter both marry, and their new spouses share a secret past. James's last completed novel, a tense drama of adultery and quiet strategy told through a flawed gilded bowl.
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