Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 more referential narratives, as well as approaching the text from both a literary and a historical perspective, providing notes regarding the text as a potentially Jamesian construct and proffering an account of the society and culture in which James lived as a boy.

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