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Regarded as one of the key figures of nineteenth century realism, Henry James has become famous for his novels and tales that explore the clash between the Old World Europeans and New World Americans. Using an innovative method of writing from a characters point of view within a tale, James intellectual works explore issues related to consciousness and perception, producing his own inimitable impressionist style. Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete works of this important master for the first time in publishing history, providing every novel, tale, non-fiction work and a wealth of bonus material. Product Description: * concise introductions to the novels and other texts * all 23 novels even the rare work THE OTHER HOUSE, often missed out of collections * the unfinished novels THE IVORY TOWER and THE SENSE OF THE PAST * the first rare novel WATCH AND WARD, which James chose to later ignore * the novel THE WHOLE FAMILY, which James collaborated on with 11 other authors * All 112 of the novellas and short stories with BOTH chronological and alphabetical contents tables * includes James rare plays * EVEN includes the very RARE play GUY DOMVILLE available nowhere else as a digital book. This is the famous play that James was booed at now you can read it yourself and judge whether he was harshly criticised! * the complete Travel Writing * special contents tables for each novel and literary collection you wont get lost in this eBook! * rare Non-Fiction collections and essays * features James three autobiographies, available nowhere else explore the Great Masters literary life! * special BONUS texts of criticism discover how writers such as Conrad, Woolf and Stevenson viewed James works * many images relating to James and his work * UPDATED with improved texts, additional images and many corrections * UPDATED with rare James biography on his sculptor friend: WILLIAM WETMORE STORY AND HIS FRIENDS * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres The Novels WATCH AND WARD RODERICK HUDSON THE AMERICAN THE EUROPEANS CONFIDENCE WASHINGTON SQUARE THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY THE BOSTONIANS THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA THE REVERBERATOR THE TRAGIC MUSE THE OTHER HOUSE THE SPOILS OF POYNTON WHAT MAISIE KNEW THE AWKWARD AGE THE SACRED FOUNT THE WINGS OF THE DOVE THE AMBASSADORS THE GOLDEN BOWL THE OUTCRY THE WHOLE FAMILY The Unfinished Novels THE IVORY TOWER THE SENSE OF THE PAST The Tales LIST OF TALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF TALES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Plays PYRAMUS AND THISBE STILL WATERS A CHANGE OF HEART DAISY MILLER TENANTS DISENGAGED THE ALBUM THE REPROBATE GUY DOMVILLE SUMMERSOFT THE HIGH BID THE OUTCRY The Travel Writing TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE ENGLISH HOURS THE AMERICAN SCENE ITALIAN HOURS The Non-Fiction FRENCH NOVELISTS AND POETS HAWTHORNE PORTRAITS OF PLACES PARTIAL PORTRAITS ESSAYS IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE PICTURE AND TEXT WILLIAM WETMORE STORY AND HIS FRIENDS VIEWS AND REVIEWS NOTES ON NOVELISTS WITHIN THE RIM AND OTHER ESSAYS NOTES AND REVIEWS THE ART OF THE NOVEL The Letters THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES The Autobiographies A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS NOTES OF A SON AND BROTHER THE MIDDLE YEARS The Criticism HENRY JAMES AN APPRECIATION by Joseph Conrad HENRY JAMES, JR by William Dean Howells SUSPENDED JUDGMENTS: HENRY JAMES by John Cowper Powys AN EXTRACT FROM THE DECAY OF LYING by Oscar Wilde OTHER ESSAYS: HENRY JAMES by Virginia Woolf MEMOIRS AND PORTRAITS: AN ESSAY AND LETTER by Robert Louis Stevenson UNDERWOODS: POEMS ADDRESSED TO HENRY JAMES by Robert Louis Stevenson INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES by F.W. Dupee