The Aspern Papers and Other Tales (Penguin Classics)

ISBN: 0141389796

Author: James, Henry

Condition: New

An impressive new selection of Henry Jamess short stories, edited by Pulitzer Prize-nominated James biographer Michael GorraThis volume gathers seven of the very best of Henry Jamess short stories, all exploring the relationship between art and life. In the title story, The Aspern Papers, a critic is determined to get his hands on a great poets papers hidden in a faded Venetian house-no mater what the human cost. The Author of Beltraffio, The Lesson of the Master, and The Figure in the Carpet all focus on naive young mens unsettling encounters with their literary heroes. In The Middle Years, a dying novelist begins to glimpse his own potential, while The Real Thing and Greville Fane explore the tension between artistic and commercial success. These fables of the creative life reveal James at his ironic, provocative best.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.