The Tales Of Henry James: Volume 1, 1864-1869 & Volume 2, 1870-1874
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: Very Good - bright, minimal wear on both volumes. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact and firm. Both volumes presented together as a set.
A landmark scholarly edition, The Tales of Henry James (Volumes 1 & 2) presents the complete short fiction of one of literature's most celebrated masters, meticulously edited by Maqbool Aziz. Volume 1 chronicles James's early tales from 1864–1869, capturing the formative years of a young writer already wielding a precise and psychologically penetrating prose style. Volume 2 continues the journey through 1870–1874, a period in which James's narrative voice matured and his signature themes — consciousness, social convention, and the tensions between American innocence and European sophistication — came into sharper focus. Together, these volumes constitute an essential critical resource for scholars and devoted readers alike, offering authoritative texts alongside rigorous editorial apparatus that illuminates James's extraordinary development as a short story writer.
Author: Maqbool Aziz (ed.)
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good - bright, minimal wear on both volumes. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact and firm. Both volumes presented together as a set.
A landmark scholarly edition, The Tales of Henry James (Volumes 1 & 2) presents the complete short fiction of one of literature's most celebrated masters, meticulously edited by Maqbool Aziz. Volume 1 chronicles James's early tales from 1864–1869, capturing the formative years of a young writer already wielding a precise and psychologically penetrating prose style. Volume 2 continues the journey through 1870–1874, a period in which James's narrative voice matured and his signature themes — consciousness, social convention, and the tensions between American innocence and European sophistication — came into sharper focus. Together, these volumes constitute an essential critical resource for scholars and devoted readers alike, offering authoritative texts alongside rigorous editorial apparatus that illuminates James's extraordinary development as a short story writer.