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has tended to preserve Henry James as "The Master" that Joseph Conrad called him, a rather longwinded Olympian given to great utterances on the art of fiction and the writing of profound psychological studies.
A new, more human James emerges from this brilliant selection of letters, The reallife figure here revealed is more terse, and even astringent, a professional writer who always knew what he was about, an eager observer of life, a man who delighted in meeting people and who made an art of friendship, but who did not hesitate to descend into the market place of letters and get the best possible price for his wares.


Leon Edel has designed this selection, chosen from among the seven thousand letters that have survived, to show the kinds of letters James wrote to his family, his contemporaries, to wouldbe writers, and letters into which he injected irony and words designed not to hurt, but nevertheless to tell the truth.
Here are letters to Conrad, Wells, Galsworthy, Henry Adams, Howells, Edith Wharton, Fanny Kemble to great Victorians as well as to those who bridged that era and ours.


Dr. Edel has contributed a vivid and illuminating introduction, To my recollection, I've only read Henry James's short stories/novellas: Daisy Miller, The Beast in the Jungle, and the heartbreaking Washington Square turned into the equally harsh The Heiress with Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift.
All three gave me a whiff, a hint of Somerset Maugham's work, and there of course, lay the attraction,

This book is a compilation of beautiful, effortlessly written letters by that master of prose, Henry James, to his family, editors, publishers, friends, fellow writers and intellectuals.
Some of the letters, especially the ones addressed to his dearest kin and company, are so eloquent it may me swoon, much like sipping a delicate, fine wine.
However, I feel I am not the type of reader who can fully appreciate all the letters, and the misfortune is mine,

The editor says these letters only represent a small fraction of the innumerable missives written by James, And every letter I've read is perfectly phrased, I wonder, did James write these with an eye to posterity Had he been alive in the age of social media, I expect he'd be posting status updates no end.
Eloquent, existentialist status updates.
Ogni lettera, un caso di vita, . . Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction.
He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death, He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe, His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions, His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr.
, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American born author, one of the founders and leaders of

a school of realism in fiction.
He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death, He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe, His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions, His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.
James insisted that writers in Great Britain and America should be allowed the greatest freedom possible in presenting their view of the world, as French authors were.
His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators in his own novels and tales brought a new depth and interest to realistic fiction, and foreshadowed the modernist work of the twentieth century.
An extraordinarily productive writer, in addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel writing, biography, autobiography, and criticism,and wrote plays, some of which were performed during his lifetime with moderate success.
His theatrical work is thought to have profoundly influenced his later novels and tales, sitelink.