Henry James Letters: I. 1843 - 1875
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
The private voice of one of literature's greatest masters finally speaks in Henry James Letters: Volume I, 1843–1875, a meticulously curated collection of correspondence that charts the formative years of a literary genius. Edited by the preeminent James scholar Leon Edel, this first volume spans three pivotal decades, tracing James's intellectual awakening from childhood through his emergence as a major transatlantic literary figure — capturing his sharp observations on art, family, friendship, and ambition with an intimacy no novel could replicate. Edel's editorial hand is both scholarly and illuminating, presenting James's prose style in its most unguarded form — witty, precise, and deeply perceptive. These letters reveal a writer in the act of becoming, wrestling with questions of identity, vocation, and the relationship between America and Europe that would define his greatest fiction. For admirers of James's novels and students of 19th-century literary culture alike, this collection raises an irresistible question: what other secrets lie in the volumes yet to come?
Author: Henry James (Edited By Leon Edel)
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Macmillan
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
The private voice of one of literature's greatest masters finally speaks in Henry James Letters: Volume I, 1843–1875, a meticulously curated collection of correspondence that charts the formative years of a literary genius. Edited by the preeminent James scholar Leon Edel, this first volume spans three pivotal decades, tracing James's intellectual awakening from childhood through his emergence as a major transatlantic literary figure — capturing his sharp observations on art, family, friendship, and ambition with an intimacy no novel could replicate. Edel's editorial hand is both scholarly and illuminating, presenting James's prose style in its most unguarded form — witty, precise, and deeply perceptive. These letters reveal a writer in the act of becoming, wrestling with questions of identity, vocation, and the relationship between America and Europe that would define his greatest fiction. For admirers of James's novels and students of 19th-century literary culture alike, this collection raises an irresistible question: what other secrets lie in the volumes yet to come?