Great Short Novels of Henry James

Henry James was one of the greatest and most prolific American authors ever to have lived.

Henry James believed that the short novel was the perfect literary form, and his achievements here brilliantly display his mastery of it. Noted literary critic Philip Rahv has collected ten of James’s most important short novels to make one distinguished volume. Accompanied by Rahv’s informative commentary and keen insights, this collection contains the following classics:

MADAME DE MAUVES

DAISY MILLER

AN INTERNATIONAL EPISODE

THE SIEGE OF LONDON

LADY BARBERINA

THE AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO

THE ASPERN PAPERS

THE PUPIL

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE

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