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The American Scene

by Henry James (Leon Edel, editor)

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0253102308
ISBN 13
9780253102300
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first printing thus (Leon Edel, editor) hardcover in dust jacket; small ink mark front free end page corner, text unmarked; minimal age tone; tight bind; clean cloth cover, bright gilt titling; dj has sun darkening along spine, few spots of soil, and edge wear (short tear top front corner, small nicks at spine ends); flap price clipped Wllambib

Synopsis

Henry James (1843-1916), born in New York City, was the son of noted religious philosopher Henry James, Sr., and brother of eminent psychologist and philosopher William James. He spent his early life in America and studied in Geneva, London and Paris during his adolescence to gain the worldly experience so prized by his father. He lived in Newport, went briefly to Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began to contribute both criticism and tales to magazines. In 1869, and then in 1872-74, he paid visits to Europe and began his first novel, Roderick Hudson . Late in 1875 he settled in Paris, where he met Turgenev, Flaubert, and Zola, and wrote The American (1877). In December 1876 he moved to London, where two years later he achieved international fame with Daisy Miller . Other famous works include Washington Square (1880), The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Princess Casamassima (1886), The Aspern Papers (1888), The Turn of the Screw (1898), and three large novels of the new century, The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). In 1905 he revisited the United States and wrote The American Scene (1907). During his career he also wrote many works of criticism and travel. Although old and ailing, he threw himself into war work in 1914, and in 1915, a few months before his death, he became a British subject. In 1916 King George V conferred the Order of Merit on him. He died in London in February 1916.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
918553
Title
The American Scene
Author
Henry James (Leon Edel, editor)
Format/Binding
Cloth hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good-
Jacket Condition
Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
first edition thus
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0253102308
ISBN 13
9780253102300
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Date Published
January 1968

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