The story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot.

This is a fully annotated critical edition of the first volume of novelist Henry James's autobiography. The introduction sketches James's history and offers insight into his personal life, career, and importance as a literary and social figure of his time. In addition to the traditional explanation of period references and translation of foreign or antiquated language, the editor occasionally deconstructs and summarizes some of James's denser and...

Collection of short stories by the author of Daisy Miller and The turn of the screw.

With an Introduction by Pat Righelato, University of Reading The child of parents who divorce, remarry and then embark on adulterous affairs, Maisie Farange survives by her intelligence and spirit. For all its sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupted adult world, this novel is one of James's comic masterpieces. The outrageous behaviour of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class is conveyed with wit and relish....