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A stunning biography of the magisterial author behind The Portrait of a Lady and The Ambassadors. Henry James is an absorbing portrait of one of the most complex and influential nineteenth-century American writers. Fred Kaplan examines James's brilliant and troubled family-from his brother, a famous psychologist, to his sister, who fought with mental illness-and charts its influence on the development of the artist and his work. The biography includes a fascinating account of James's life as an American expatriate in Europe, and his friendships with Edith Wharton and Joseph Conrad. Compressing a wealth of research into one engrossing and richly detailed volume, Henry James is a compelling exploration of its subject.


"Kaplan has done the  job splendidly." The New York Times Book Review

"May even be superior to Edel." The Spectator

"Excellent ... a compelling portrait.... The real triumph of Kaplan's biography is the way in which he makes one care for James." The London Times


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  • Home
  • About the Author
  • Books
    • Gore Vidal: A Biography
    • Thomas Carlyle: A Biography
    • Henry James: The Imagination of Genius, A Biography
    • Sacred Tears
    • Dickens: A Biography
    • Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
    • Coffee With Mark Twain
    • John Quincy Adams: American Visionary
    • The Singular Mark Twain
    • Lincoln and the Abolitionists
    • His Masterly Pen
  • Events
  • Contact
  • News
  • Videos