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A gentleman, with the aid of a close female companion, investigates a hidden disturbance within his unconscious. This acclaimed classic short story is rendered in perfect Jamesian fashion by narrator Jonathan Epstein.

"Daisy Miller", scritto nel 1878, è considerato uno dei capolavori dello scrittore americano Henry James. Ritratto intenso di una giovane americana che, nella buona società europea (la trama si dipana dalla Svizzera alla stupenda e decadente Roma dei papi), viene giudicata troppo libera (se ne va a passeggio per Roma dopo il tramonto, sola con un giovanotto che non è nemmeno il suo fidanzato...) e quindi imperdonabilmente poco seria, e messa al bando; solo dopo la sua morte improvvisa sapremo, insieme al protagonista narratore, che Daisy era assolutamente innocente, non una civetta o peggio, ma semplicemente una ragazza libera, indipendente, spontanea e disinteressata, amante del passeggiare e vagabondare, oppressa dai lacci delle convenzioni sociali che imprigionavano le donne.

A country governess is hired to raise two orphaned children in a lonely estate in Essex. But mystery surrounds the house, the grounds, and the children. Haunting questions arise, and Henry James pens one of the most famous ghost stories.

In The Aspern Papers, a cold and ruthless literary biographer travels to Venice on the trail of personal letters belonging to the deceased American poet Jeffrey Aspern. His journey takes him to a dilapidated, rambling house belonging to an elderly woman named Juliana Bordereau and her lonely niece, Miss Tina. Just how far will he go to get what he wants? Will morality confront his personal ambition and literary curiosity?

Ein Mädchen auf Grand Tour durch Europa. Der bereits lange in der Schweiz lebende 27-jährige Frederick Winterbourne begegnet während eines Besuches bei seiner Tante in Vevey der Amerikanerin Daisy Miller, die mit ihrer Mutter und ihrem Bruder Europa bereist. Er ist sofort von dem fröhlichen, redegewandten und furchtlosen Mädchen eingenommen, doch seine Tante missbilligt das ungebührliche Verhalten des Mädchens aufs äußerste.

Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons that she believes possess their souls....

Illusion and love - two of James' favourite things - grin thorough this collection of funny and wicked tales. The illusion of social class, a favourite stamping ground for James, is explored in the glittering social comedy "The Real Thing", first published in 1892, in which an artist attempts vainly to capture the nature of aristocracy via painting what he takes to be 'real' members of that social group.

Zum 100. Todestag von Henry James am 28. Februar 2016. In den öden Sommermonaten um die Jahrhundertwende vertreibt sich die Londoner High Society die Zeit mit Ausschweifungen und Seitensprüngen. All die verbotenen Verabredungen gelangen durch die Gitterstäbe des Telegrafenschalters in die Hände einer jungen namenlosen Frau. Aus den kryptischen Anspielungen und Abkürzungen der Telegramme reimt sie sich die Geheimnisse dahinter zusammen, besonders die Liebelei des schmucken Captain Everard zieht sie in ihren Bann.

John Lennox gibt beim Maler Baxter ein Portrait seiner Verlobten in Auftrag, allerdings ist er mit dem Resultat alles andere als zufrieden, da die Gesichtszüge seiner Liebsten einen Ausdruck in sich bergen bzw. charakterliche Eigenschaften offenbaren, welche er nach anfänglichen Formulierungsschwierigkeiten nicht als die positivsten ausmacht. Schließlich kenne Baxter seine Fast-Ehefrau nicht persönlich und das Gemälde erscheine ihm verbesserungswürdig.

Otra Vuelta de Tuerca es una historia gotica - una de las mas famosas de su genero. En medio de una reunion un hombre cuenta la historia de una institutriz y su terrible experiencia criando a dos ninos. Este libro ha sido la base de innumerables obras de teatro, películas, y libros.

The story of aging George Stransom, who is obsessed with observing the anniversary of his fiancée Mary Antrim's death, a fact that leads him to expand his commemorative pantheon to include all the other departed friends who live on in his memory. As in life, if we live long enough, the departed outnumber the living. When Stransom becomes the last of the living, who will light a candle for him?

Le colonel Capadose est un homme fascinant : séduisant, beau parleur, bon cavalier, aimé des femmes - et surtout de la sienne, Everina -, il réunit toutes les qualités dont on peut rêver. Seule ombre au tableau, c'est un menteur invétéré qui affabule à longueur de journée. Lorsque Oliver Lyon, un peintre de talent, amoureux d'Everina, décide de réaliser un portrait du colonel qui révélera au grand jour sa véritable nature, les choses se compliquent.

Un uomo inglese di mezz'età torna a Firenze, dopo essersene allontanato 25 anni prima. Il ritorno nella città toscana lo porta a rivivere nel ricordo...

Henry James (1843-1916) è stato uno scrittore americano noto per i romanzi già strutturati in modo moderno: l’uso del punto di vista soggettivo, del monologo interiore ne sono testimoni. Nato in una famiglia di intellettuali, in questo romanzo, pubblicato nel 1880, è portato a insistere più su sensazioni, pensieri, motivazioni, che non su dialoghi e azioni.

A wonderful collection of classic thrillers, mystery stories, crime tales and weird accounts of uncanny events.1. Query by “Seamark” 2. The Furnished Room by O. Henry 3.The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 4. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 5. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan 6. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs7. Laura by Saki 8. A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Diver by A. J. Alan10. The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace11. The Burglary by Arnold Bennett

This tale is as much a story of the psychology of people as it is of ghosts. How much do grief, ego, spite, and revenge play into our ideas of ghosts and being 'haunted'? This was an early Henry James story before he wrote "Turn of the Screw."

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Daisy Miller is a beautiful and flirtatious rich young American visiting a Swiss spa. There she meets upper class expatriate American, Frederick Winterbourne, who is warned about her reckless ways with men by his aunt. Their relationship and Daisy's with the Italian lawyer Mr. Giovanelli leads to a climactic scene in the Coliseum in Rome, followed by tragedy and regret.

No nation has ever achieved the literary diversity of America. From nativist humor to immigrant triumph, Americans have recorded their visions and hopes better than anyone

Henry James' transatlantic tale follows the intrigues of a beautiful American adventuress who has set her sights on respectability and ultimate success in upper-class London society.