Henry James

A young sculptor goes to Rome with a patron’s support.

A wealthy American seeks marriage among the French aristocracy.

An American woman abroad faces suspicion over her social freedom.

Two European siblings unsettle their New England relatives’ lives.

Two friends mistake confidence for understanding in matters of love.

A young woman's courtship brings her into conflict with her father.

A critic schemes to obtain a dead poet’s private letters.

A critic searches for a secret running through a novelist’s books.

A child tries to understand her parents' quarrels and betrayals.

A governess believes ghosts threaten two children in her care.

A young woman enters a society shaped by gossip.

A man waits for a disaster he believes awaits him.

An American sent to Paris begins to question his mission.

Two marriages entangle a father, daughter, and their spouses.

An English lord faces a dispute over selling a painting.

Four stories follow private troubles beneath respectable social appearances.

Two country-house tales turn on haunting and human attachments.

A returning man searches for the self he never became.

Travel essays trace Italy’s cities, art, and changing streets.