Henry James



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Henry James

Author profile


born
in New York, New York, The United States
April 15, 1843

died
February 28, 1916

gender
male

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

influences
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Honoré de Balzac, Ivan Turgenev, Edgar Allan Poe


About this author

Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared...more


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Average rating: 3.61 · 119,920 ratings · 7,212 reviews · 685 distinct works · Similar authors
The Portrait of a Lady
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 29,300 ratings — published 1881 — 258 editions
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The Turn of the Screw
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 27,360 ratings — published 1898 — 349 editions
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Daisy Miller
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 10,371 ratings — published 1878 — 214 editions
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Washington Square
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 7,372 ratings — published 1880 — 174 editions
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The Wings of the Dove
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 6,307 ratings — published 1901 — 122 editions
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Daisy Miller and Washington...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 3,807 ratings — published 1880 — 3 editions
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The Ambassadors
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 4,184 ratings — published 1903 — 127 editions
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The Golden Bowl
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,866 ratings — published 1904 — 96 editions
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The Turn of the Screw and T...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,368 ratings — published 1898 — 18 editions
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The American
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 2,514 ratings — published 1877 — 153 editions
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Quotes by Henry James

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
― Henry James
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“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
― Henry James
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“I'm glad you like adverbs — I adore them; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.”
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