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Henry James

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

April 15, 1843

Died

February 28, 1916

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Honoré de Balzac, Ivan Turgenev, Gustave Flaubert ...more

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Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. 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 his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between émigré Americans, the English, and continental Europeans, such as The Portrait of a Lady. His later works, such as The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often wrote in a style in ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 519,856 ratings · 44,120 reviews · 4,847 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 187,523 ratings — published 1898 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 86,779 ratings — published 1881 — 1852 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daisy Miller 3.37 avg rating — 39,232 ratings — published 1878 — 1334 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Washington Square 3.71 avg rating — 26,723 ratings — published 1880 — 1155 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, Amy Bloom (Introduction), Pierre A. Walker (Notes) 3.78 avg rating — 17,755 ratings — published 1902 — 581 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 13,179 ratings — published 1903 — 1421 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Bowl by Henry James, Gore Vidal (Introduction), Patricia Crick (Notes) 3.77 avg rating — 11,989 ratings — published 1904 — 573 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James, T.J. Lustig (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 9,199 ratings — published 1896 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daisy Miller and Washington Square by Henry James, Jennie A. Kassanoff (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 8,396 ratings — published 1880 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers by Henry James, Anthony Curtis (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 8,264 ratings — published 1898 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Portrait of a Lady (2 volumes) (2 books)
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3.64 avg rating — 61 ratings

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Washington Square by Henry James, 1880. 223 pp

48 votes, 23.4%

The Symposium by Plato, -380, 90 pp

45 votes, 22.0%

Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard, 1889, 278 pp

32 votes, 15.6%

The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo, 1869, 672 pp

30 votes, 14.6%

The Crime of Father Amaro by Eça de Queirós, 1875, 471 pp

25 votes, 12.2%

The Prelude by William Wordsworth 1805 704pp

13 votes, 6.3%

Esther Waters by George Moore, 1894, 432pp

12 votes, 5.9%

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