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Henry James (15 April1843 - 28 February1916)


 
Portrait of Henry James

from Henry James, Jr. by William Dean Howells, Century Magazine, November 1882

Reading and Discussion Questions on Daisy Miller
Reading and Discussion Questions on The Portrait of a Lady

James, "The Art of Fiction." See also the essay to which James was responding, Walter Besant's "The Art of Fiction," along with James's "Art of Fiction." James's essay begins on p. 51. (Google Books).
Selected Bibliography on The Portrait of a Lady
Changes to The Portrait of a Lady
List of some image patterns in The Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady Photo Gallery
James on Howells, Howells on James (excerpts) 

Henry James Scholarship Site at New Paltz. An excellent resource for all students and scholars of James, this site houses proofread texts, essays, and many links.
Henry James etexts at Adrian Dover's Web site. Another fine source for information and texts, this site featured a "tales in collections" index, a concordance, and other information. It is once again available, and new e-texts have been added.
Concordance to the writings of Henry James
Calendar of the Letters of Henry James.  Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press, this searchable site lists all 10,500 existing letters by James. 
The Turn of the Screw: A History of Its Critical Interpretations


Review of "Daisy Miller" from the "Editor's Easy Chair" column in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1878. (Page image at MOA)

 Works  Online

See these sites for a complete list:

Works 

1864 "A Tragedy of Error" (unsigned) (Continental Monthly, Feb. 1864)
1865 "The Story of a Year" (first signed tale) (Atlantic, March 1865)
1867 "Poor Richard" (Atlantic, June-August 1867) (Part I)  (Part II) (Part III)
1871 Watch and Ward (Atlantic Monthly, August-December 1871; page images at MOA)

1875 Roderick Hudson
1877 The American
1878 Daisy Miller,  The Europeans, French Poets and Novelists


1878 An International Episode. This innovative site at OpenLibrary reproduces the page images of the edition and allows viewers to "turn the pages" just as they would with a regular book.

1879 Hawthorne,  Confidence
1880 Washington Square

1881 The Portrait of a Lady (1908 New York Edition) 1883 "The Impressions of a Cousin" (Century, Dec. 1883)
1884 A Little Tour in France, Tales of Three Cities ("A New England Winter," "The Impressions of a Cousin," "Lady Barbarina"), "The Art of Fiction"
1886 The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima (serialized in The Atlantic Monthly Sept. 1886-Oct. 1886) 

Page images of serialized James novels at the Making of America Site
The Bostonians in The Century
  • The Bostonians (February 1885)
  • The Bostonians (March 1885)
  • The Bostonians (April 1885)
  • The Bostonians (May 1885)
  • The Bostonians (June 1885)
  • The Bostonians (July 1885)
  • The Bostonians (August 1885)
  • The Bostonians (September 1885)
  • The Bostonians (October 1885)
  • The Bostonians (November 1885)
  • The Bostonians (December 1885)
  • The Bostonians (January 1886)
  • The Bostonians (February 1886)

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    The Portrait of a Lady in Atlantic Monthly
  • The Portrait of a Lady (November 1880)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (December 1880)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (January 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (February 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (March 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (April 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (May 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (June 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (July 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (August 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (September 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (October 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (November 1881)
  • The Portrait of a Lady (December 1881)

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    1888 The Aspern Papers, The Reverberator, Louisa Pallant, The Modern Warning, Partial Portraits
    1890 The Tragic Muse
    1893 The Real Thing and Other Tales (Includes "The Wheel of Time," "Lord Beapre," "The Visit")
    1895 Guy Domville (play; opens January 5 at St. James's Theatre, London); Terminations (Includes "The Coxon Fund," "The Death of the Lion," "The Middle Years," "The Altar of the Dead")
    1897 The Spoils of Poynton, What Maisie Knew
    1898 The Turn of the Screw, In the Cage
    1899 The Awkward Age
    1900 The Soft Side (twelve tales)
    1901 The Sacred Fount
    1902 The Wings of the Dove
    1903 The Ambassadors (corrected HTML at New Paltz), The Better Sort (twelve tales), William Wetmore Story and His Friends
    1904 The Golden Bowl
    1907 The American Scene The American Scene, Chapter 8: Concord and Salem
    1907-9 New York Edition of James's Work
    1909 "The Jolly Corner"; Italian Hours
    1913 A Small Boy and Others
    1914 Notes of a Son and Brother
    1914 The Ivory Tower (uncompleted)

    Shorter Works   
    The Beast in the Jungle 
    Four Meetings 
  • Paste 
  • Europe 
  • The Middle Years 
  • The Great Good Place 
  • The Real Thing 
  • Pandora
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    Criticism
    "Alphonse Daudet" (Century, 1883)
    "An Animated Conversation" (Scribner's, March 1889)




    Comments to D. Campbell.