Fourteen stories by Henry James
by Henry James
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- Canonical title
- Fourteen stories by Henry James
- Original title
- Fourteen stories
- Original publication date
- 1946
- People/Characters
- General (the narrator); Edmund Stanmer; Count Scarabelli; Countess Bianca Salvi; Count Camerino; Brooksmith (butler) (show all 27); Oliver Offord; Lady Kenyon; Morgan Moreen (the pupil); Mr Moreen; Mrs Moreen; Pemberton; Morgan Moreen; Ulrick Moreen; Paula Moreen; Amy Moreen; Sir Edmund Orme; Captain Teddy Bostwick; Charlotte Marden; Mrs Marden; Mrs Churchley; Adela Chart; Colonel Chart; Leonard Chart; Godfrey Chart; Beatrice Chart; Muriel Chart
- Important places
- Casa Salvi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Mansfield Street, London, England, UK; Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK; Tranton, Sussex, England, UK (fictional place); Seymour Street, London, England, UK; Prince's Gate, London, England, UK (show all 7); Overland, England, UK (fictional place)
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- The publication of a volume of Henry James's short stories needs no apology: the Master's works are out of print and second-hand copies are in great request.
Introduction.
Florence, April 5th, 1874. - They told me I should find Italy greatly changed; and in seven-and-twenty years there is room for changes.
The diary of a man of fifty. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"And he isn't - no, he isn't - you!" she murmured as he drew her to his breast.
The jolly corner. - Blurbers
- MacCarthy, Desmond; Betjeman, John; Stonier, G. W.
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- A collection of fourteen short stories: The diary of a man of fifty (1879), Brooksmith (1892), The pupil (1892), Sir Edmund Orme (1892), The marriages (1892), The real thing (1893), The private life (1893), Owen Wingrave (189... (show all)3), The tree of knowledge (1900), Paste (1900), Maud-Evelyn (1900), The abasement of the Northmores (1900), The beast in the jungle (1903), The jolly corner (1908).
The 'People/Characters' and 'Important places' relate to the first five stories only.
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