Henry James: Novels 1871-1880 (Loa #13): Watch and Ward / Roderick Hudson / The American / The Europeans / Confidence

Title: Henry James: Novels 1871-1880 (Loa #13): Watch and Ward / Roderick Hudson / The American / The Europeans / Confidence
Author: Henry James
ISBN: 0940450135
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 1287
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
D: 1699285
Section: Fiction | General
Publisher Description: The first five novels of Henry James, presented complete in this volume, feature sparkling dialogue, masterfully timed suspense, and the romance of youthful artistic aspirations. The contrast between Europe and America, which gives a special dimension to all of James's cultural observations, is brilliantly deployed in these early works. "Watch and Ward," written when James was 28, is a Bostonian version of the Pygmalion story. In "Roderick Hudson, " a headstrong and gifted young American sculptor loses his way among the temptations of Italy. "The American" was written in Paris and dramatizes a confrontation between the expatriate culture of American tourists and the protected world behind the barriers of old families and traditions. "The Europeans," by contrast, places two visiting European cousins in a pristine and conservative New England village. The little-known and charming "Confidence" is a light drawing-room comedy about the romantic entanglements of Americans traveling through Europe.