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by Henry James
language: english
Publisher: Dead Dodo Presents Henry James, September of 2015 ‧
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Dodo Collections brings you another classic from James Henry, ‘The Diary of a Man of Fifty.’

 

Returning to Florence after 25 years of military service, a man finds himself haunted by memories of a thwarted love affair that took place on the banks of the Arno during his youth. On inquiring after the erstwhile object of his affections, he encounters a young man in amorous pursuit of her daughter. Eager to spare his young friend the sorrow that has marred his own life, the man finds himself deliberating the morality of recounting his own story. This heartbreaking tale touches on themes that were to dominate Henry James''s later fiction, including the suggestibility of youth and the dubious morality of influence. With characteristic psychological insight and a youthful fluency of expression, even in his early work James demonstrates himself a master of the art of fiction. 

 

Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.    

Diary Of A Man Of Fifty

by Henry James

Property Description
ISBN: 9781508027591
Publisher: Dead Dodo Presents Henry James
Release Date: September of 2015
Language: English
Pages: 48
Format: eBook
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Collection: Henry James Collection
Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Fiction
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EAN: 9781508027591
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Henry James

Henry James (1843-1916), nasceu em Nova Iorque, nos Estados Unidos, numa família de intelectuais. Filho do teólogo Henry James Sr e irmão do filósofo-psicólogo William James, foi um dos mais reconhecidos autores de finais do século XIX e princípios do século XX. Na sua juventude viajou basntante entre a Europa e a América, estudando com professores de Geneva, Londres, Bolonha, Paris, chegando mesmo a frequentar por um período breve a Harvard Law School. Passou assim a maior parte da vida na Europa dedicando-se à escrita de vários géneros como romances, contos, crítica literária e artística, literatura de viagens, biografia e autobiografia. Analisava o mundo tendo em conta conceitos base como a liberdade, o monólogo interior e o drama psicológico, abordando histórias de fantasmas onde explorava a ténue fronteira entre o sobrenatural e as áreas mais recônditas da mente humana. Das suas inúmeras obras notabilizaram-se Retrato de Uma Senhora, Os Europeus,O Mentiroso e Daisy Miller, entre outras.

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