Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #689681 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 896 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781883011642
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Library Journal
The Library of America is starting off 1999 with a bang. This massive collection of stories is actually the third and fourth installments in what eventually will be a five-volume series. Along with standards like "Daisy Miller" and "The Aspern Papers," this edition includes 22 stories that have been long unavailable. Essential for serious literature collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
The great thing about Henry James is that he is always there to go back to, and when you do go back to him, he is better even than you remembered. Now, thanks to the Library of America, there is even more of him, in a more accessible form, to go back to. -- The Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, Wendy Lesser

Customer Reviews

Easy reading but his stories are not always fulfilling
You get the impression that you are shortchanged at the end on several of his stories; some endings do not bring a lot of satisfaction. Others float here and there without really getting anywhere and there's rarely any action. But when it does occur it's usually at the end. It's not to say that I really do not like Henry James, quite the contrary. I like him because he shows the values that were important in his time. And there is enough variation in the stories to make it worth purchasing and reading. This is a book to bring on vacation. You can read through one story in about two sitting depending on how fast you read. The type is a bit small for me, it would be nice if it were a bit bigger.

Great Short Story Book
This book was purchased as part of the required reading of selected short stories for a Retirement Learning at Vanderbilt course on the art of the short story.

The book is a nice size with excellent type and format and is one of a series of Henry James' short stories catalogued by date. The book has a classy look and has additional information about the other books in the series and lists the stories in each.

There is a wonderful Chronology in the back of the book which tells all about Henry James, his travels and life in general.

The only draw back is that the pages are thin so the book can hold a lot and they can sometimes be a little difficult to separate when turning.

All in all a great volume at a modest price.