The Wings of the Dove

Isabel 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.

Henry James

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.

Henry James

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.

Henry James

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.

Henry James

Christopher Newman, a self-made American millionaire, goes to Paris looking for a wife and runs into an aristocratic family that will not have him. An early James novel about money, class, and the clash of two worlds.

Henry James