{"product_id":"henry-james-complete-stories-vol-3-1884-1891-loa-107","title":"Henry James: Complete Stories Vol. 3 1884-1891 (Loa #107)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry James: Complete Stories Vol. 3 1884-1891 (Loa #107)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry James\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781883011642\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLibrary of America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e896\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eSometimes overshadowed by his work as a novelist, Henry James's short fiction is an astonishing achievement, a triumph of inventiveness and restless curiosity. This Library of America volume (the third of five volumes devoted to his short fiction) includes among its seventeen stories some of James's greatest masterpieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Aspern Papers\" is a stunning novella about emotional ruthlessness in the service of literary scholarship. \"The Pupil\" is a densely suggestive account of the moral perplexities underlying the relationship between an impoverished tutor and a young invalid. \"The Lesson of the Master\" is an intricate study of ambition, disappointment, and the demands of a life devoted to art. \"Brooksmith\" is a moving portrait of a house servant and \"Sir Edmund Orme\" is an enthralling ghost story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Liar,\" a painter attempts to force a former love to admit that her present husband is a pathological liar; in \"The Patagonia,\" a young man cavalierly flirts with a young woman en route to her wedding in England, with disastrous consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than half the stories within this volume are available in no other edition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Henry James: Complete Stories Vol. 3 1884-1891 (Loa #107) | Henry James | Hardcover | 9781883011642 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1761255","offer_id":49229611499672,"sku":"1761255","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61F_wPeGCTL.jpg?v=1781220173","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/henry-james-complete-stories-vol-3-1884-1891-loa-107","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}