Henry James

'This selection forms a biography of sorts. Submerged beneath the surface of his melodramas are the unspoken fears that Henry hoped, by living in Europe,…

'James's tales can be traps and ruses; they can also be complex self-descriptions in which his own fears and desires have full reign' Frances Wilson,…

'Both the fictional and autobiographical versions of 'The Middle Years' are concerned with authors, acolytes, and endings rather than the middle of things. Or rather…