NONFICTION

PORTRAIT OF A NOVEL

by Michael Gorra

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THE UNCOLLECTED HENRY JAMES

edited by Floyd R. Horowitz

Still, the tenacious reader alone will have to determine whether and which of these frothy stories is really the work of the... Full review >

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by Sheldon M. Novick

James’s relentless work habits produced a frequently stunning oeuvre. His biographer’s focus on the novelist’s daily rounds... Full review >

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