James, Henry

Six short novels by Henry James.

Seventeen stories include "The Aspern Papers," "The Pupil," "The Lesson of the Master," "Brooksmith," "Sir Edmund Orme," "The Liar," and "The Patagonia.".

Gathers nineteen stories, including "Daisy Miller," "An International Episode," "Lady Barberina," "The Siege of London," "A Bundle of Letters," and "Professor Fargo.".

Presents two stories by Henry James, "What Maisie Knew", recounting the adventures of Maisie, a little girl in nineteenth-century England who bears witness to the self-involved, adulterous behavior of nearly every adult around her, following her parents' divorce; and the short story "The Pupil".

Milly Theale travels to London in an attempt to forget about her deadly illness, but she soon realizes that no matter what happens, she cannot escape the circumstances fate has thrown at her.

Presents the complete text of the 1904 novel in which a father and his daughter marry at the same time after which her husband and his wife, known to one another before the weddings, begin an affair; and includes a critical introduction, a chronology, and a preface by the author.