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by Henry James
language: english
Publisher: Dead Dodo Presents Henry James, August of 2015 ‧
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Dodo Classics brings you another classic from Henry James, ‘Washington Square’.

 

Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper''s New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen''s work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. James was hardly a great admirer of Jane Austen, so he might not have regarded the comparison as flattering. In fact, James was not a great fan of Washington Square itself. He tried to read it over for inclusion in the New York Edition of his fiction (1907-1909) but found that he could not, and the novel was not included. Other readers, though, have sufficiently enjoyed the book to make it one of the more popular works of the Jamesian canon.

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

 

He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character''s point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.

 

James contributed significantly to literary criticism, particularly in his insistence that writers be allowed the greatest possible freedom in presenting their view of the world. James claimed that a text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a representation of life that is recognizable to its readers. Good novels, to James, show life in action and are, most importantly, interesting.

In addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel, biography, autobiography, and criticism, and wrote plays. James alternated between America and Europe for the first twenty years of his life; eventually he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.

Washington Square

by Henry James

Property Description
ISBN: 9781508022572
Publisher: Dead Dodo Presents Henry James
Release Date: August of 2015
Language: English
Pages: 256
Format: eBook
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Collection: Henry James Collection
Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Fiction
eBooks in English > Others
EAN: 9781508022572
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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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