Leon Edel

Henry James, Parisian Sketches: Letters To The New York Tribune, 1875-1876 is a collection of letters written by the renowned American author Henry James during his time in Paris in the mid-1870s. Originally published in the New York Tribune, these letters provide a unique and insightful perspective on Parisian life and culture during a pivotal moment in French history.Throughout the book, James shares his observations on everything from the city's architecture and art to its social customs and political climate. He also offers vivid descriptions of the people he encounters, from artists and writers to aristocrats and everyday Parisians.Despite the time that has passed since their original publication, these letters remain a fascinating glimpse into the world of 19th-century Paris. They offer readers a chance to experience the city through the eyes of one of America's most celebrated writers, and to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural and historical context that shaped this vibrant and influential city.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This is the one-volume edition of a famous biography of Henry James, which includes new material. Born in America, Henry James was educated both there and in Europe before settling in London, where he was to spend most of his life, in 1876. His novels represent the culmination of the 19th-century realist tradition of Austen, George Eliot, Flauberty and Balzac, and a decisive step towards the experimental modernism of Woolf and T.S. Eliot. His works often focus upon an innocent American in Europe, and assess the qualities and dangers of both American and European culture at the time, as well as showing their vast differences.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Henry James presents here a revision of his Literary Biography expanded with six further essays illuminating what he calls the New Biography—an approach that draws on the resources of psychoanalysis, the biographer’s own subjectivity, and the skills of the novelist. Mr. Edel includes a history of the art of biography since Boswell, criticism of some of the best-known biographers, advice for the biographer on documentation and the use of psychological theory, and a discussion of what Edel calls the supreme problem in biography—transference, the life-writer’s emotional involvement with his or her subject.