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Leon Edel (1907–1997)

Author of Henry James: A Life

Includes the names: Leon Edel, León Edel, Léon Edel, LeonL. Edel, Edel Leon Ed., ed. Leon Edel, editor Leon Edel, editor Leon Edel, Leon. JAMES. EDEL

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Henry James: A Life 206 copies
Bloomsbury: A House of Lions 152 copies, 3 reviews
Henry James: The Untried Years, 1843-1870 73 copies, 1 review
Henry James: The Master, 1901-1916 66 copies, 1 review
Henry James: The Conquest of London, 1870-81 60 copies
Henry James: The Middle Years, 1881-95 59 copies
Henry James: The Treacherous Years, 1895-1901 58 copies, 1 review
Stuff of Sleep and Dreams 28 copies
Henry James: A Collection of Critical Essays 27 copies
Literary biography 26 copies
Henry James: The Complete Biography (5 volume set) 20 copies
Writing Lives: Principia Biographica 17 copies
Henry James, the Future of the Novel 10 copies
Henry James Selected Fiction 8 copies

Modern Psychological Novel 8 copies, 1 review

Pulitzer Prize Reader 8 copies

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL 1900 - 1950. 8 copies

Telling lives, the biographer's art 6 copies

Henry D. Thoreau (University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers,… 5 copies

A bibliography of Henry James 5 copies

The library of Henry James 4 copies

James Joyce: The Last Journey 4 copies

The Diary of Alice James 3 copies

Henry James - American Writers 4: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on… 3 copies

The Visitable Past: A Wartime Memoir (Biography Monograph) 3 copies, 1 review

The Selected Letters of Henry James 3 copies

The Life of Henry James - Volume 1: 1843-89 2 copies

Henry James: The Spoils of Poynton 2 copies

The life of Henry James, Vol. 2 2 copies

The Complete Tales of Henry James, Volume 2 - 1868 to 1872 2 copies

Henry James: the Europeans 2 copies

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Edel, Leon

Legal name

Edel, Joseph Leon

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Date of birth

1907-09-09

Date of death

1997-09-05

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Gender

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Nationality

USA

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Birthplace

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Place of death

Places of residence

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Relationships

Edel, Abraham (brother)

Organizations

American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1964)

Awards and honors

American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1959)

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Disambiguation notice

Links

Wikipedia author page

Paris Review interview (1985)

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