Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 704 pages | ISBN 9780140436945 | 26 Jul 2001 | Penguin Classic
Although James considered himself a writer of novels and drama, it was to the short story, or nouvelle, that he turned at times when his novel or dramatic writing came under pressure.
The short story offered a freedom which the nineteenth-century novel could not provide. This was the form in which he could respond most freely and most adequately to the world's vastness - allowing him to approach the Jamesian dream of encompassing "everything". John Lyon has made his selection from across James's writing career and includes well-loved tales such as 'Daisy Miller' and 'The Figure in the Carpet', along with some less widely-known tales.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Further Reading
A Henry James Chronology
A Note on the Texts
Four Meetings
Daisy Miller
The Pension Beaurepas
The Lesson of the Master
The Pupil
The Real Thing
Greville Fane
The Middle Years
The Death of the Lion
The Figure in the Carpet
In the Cage
The Real Right Thing
Broken Wings
The Abasement of the Northmores
The Beast in the Jungle
The Birthplace
Fordham Castle
Julia Bride
The Jolly Corner
Notes
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