The Real Thing - Couverture souple

James, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1438525397 ISBN 13 : 9781438525396

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

Henry James (1843 - 1916) was one of the leaders in the school of realism in fiction. He is known for his series of novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. James is considered to be the master of the novel and novella. James wrote about personal relationships and the power within these relationships. James explored consciousness and perception from the point of view of a character within a tale. An excerpt from The Real Thing begins, "It was only then that I understood the service Claude Rivet had rendered me; he had told them that I worked in black and white, for magazines, for story-books, for sketches of contemporary life, and consequently had frequent employment for models. These things were true, but it was not less true (I may confess it now--whether because the aspiration was to lead to everything or to nothing I leave the reader to guess), that I couldn't get the honours, to say nothing of the emoluments, of a great painter of portraits out of my head. My "illustrations" were my pot-boilers; I looked to a different branch of art (far and away the most interesting it had always seemed to me), to perpetuate my fame. There was no shame in looking to it also to make my fortune; but that fortune was by so much further from being made from the moment my visitors wished to be "done" for nothing. I was disappointed; for in the pictorial sense I had immediately SEEN them. I had seized their type--I had already settled what I would do with it. Something that wouldn't absolutely have pleased them, I afterwards reflected."

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Real Thing By Henry James

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1438525397
• ISBN 13: 9781438525396
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible