2003, ISBN: 1931082308

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[EAN: 9781931082303], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: UNITED STATES: HENRY JAMES: JAMES, HENRY: NOVELS 1896-1899: OTHER HOUSE, SPOILS OF … More...

[EAN: 9781931082303], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: UNITED STATES: HENRY JAMES: JAMES, HENRY: NOVELS 1896-1899: OTHER HOUSE, SPOILS OF POYNTON, WHAT MAISIE KNEW, AWKWARD AGE: MYRA JEHLEN WROTE NOTES FOR THIS VOLUME, CLASSIC: NEW (sealed in LOA shrink-wrap) First Edition hardcover, (Orig. 2003) First Printing: NEW cream paper-over-boards slip-case w/ double gilt-rule-bordered front panel displaying gilt-stamped LOA logo at top center, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW silk-finish sand-tan Brillianta linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMPECCABLE handsome white-on-dark-tan LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, NEW Smythe-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & w/ tan-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps & silk tan page-marker ribbon, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished acid-fee Ecusta Nyalite paper * 5.0" x 8.12" x 1.28", 0.65 kg, 1035 pp. Slipcase: 5.30" x 8.46" x 1.50", 0.74 kg * CONTENTS: Novels 1896-1899: The Other House (1), The Spoils of Poynton (211), What Maisie Knew (395), The Awkward Age (651); Chronology (1011), Note on the Texts (1026), Notes (1030) * ABOUT THE BOOK: This LOA volume collects 4 novels written by Henry James in the period immediately following his unsuccessful 5-year-long attempt to establish himself as a playwright on the London stage. Hoping to convert his "infinite little loss" into "infinite little gain," James returned to the novelistic examination of English society with a new appreciation for what he called the "divine principle of the Scenario," "a key that, working in the same general way fits the complicated chambers of both the dramatic and the narrative lock." His continued interest in dramatic form is demonstrated in The Other House (1896), which was derived from the scenario for a three-act play. Set in two neighboring houses and told mostly through dialogue, the novel explores the violent and tragic consequences of jealousy and frustrated passion. In The Spoils of Poynton (1897), one of the most tightly constructed of James’s late novels, a house and its exquisite antique furnishings and artwork become the source of a protracted struggle involving the proud and imperious Mrs. Gereth, her amiable son, Owen, his philistine fiancée, Mona Brigstock, and the sensitive Fleda Vetch, whose moral judgment is tested by her conflicting allegiances. "What Maisie Knew" (1897) explores with perception and sensitivity the effect upon a young girl of her parents’ bitter divorce and their subsequent remarriages. In writing the novel James chose as his point of view what he described as “the consciousness, the dim, sweet, scared, wondering, clinging perception of the child.” The Awkward Age (1899) examines the complicated relations among the members of a sophisticated London social circle almost entirely through dialogue as it depicts the shifting marital prospects of a young woman poised on the verge of adult life. Both of these novels insightfully explore the ambiguity of childhood “innocence” amid adult struggles over money, power, and love. * The LIBRARY of AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the U.S. w/ Domestic USPS PRIORITY MAIL available for a below cost additional fee & shipment of all international orders via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMA, Books<

2003, ISBN: 9781931082303

Library of America, Gebundene Ausgabe, 1035 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-03-10T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781931082303, 0.66 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2019049, Kurzgeschichten &… More...

Library of America, Gebundene Ausgabe, 1035 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-03-10T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781931082303, 0.66 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2019049, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Klassiker, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Jehlen, Myra, Library of America, 2003<