Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
An American heiress, wanting freedom in European high society, learns that wealth cannot protect her from manipulation and the sad results of a bad choice.
A middle-aged American sent to rescue a young man from the supposed corruptions of Parisian life instead finds himself captivated by the city's sophisticated charm, forcing him to question his own rigid New England values.
In a gilded cage of Edwardian society, an American heiress subtly manipulates her father and adulterous husband to preserve her marriage and family, all while knowing the truth of a flawed golden bowl.
Caught in the venomous crossfire of her parents' scandalous remarriages, young Maisie navigates adult deceit with an innocence that sharpens every betrayal.
After the Civil War, a young speaker becomes the focus of an ideological and romantic conflict between a determined Boston suffragist and her conservative Southern cousin.
An American millionaire, new to European society, falls for an aristocratic French widow, uncovering her family's dark past and facing a choice between revenge and personal honor.
A literary scholar goes to Venice, trying to get a dead poet's private letters. He gets into a psychological fight with two reclusive women, learning the high cost of his obsession.
