num_pages: 784
description: This is the one-volume edition of a famous biography of Henry James, which includes new material. Born in America, Henry James was educated both there and in Europe before settling in London, where he was to spend most of his life, in 1876. His novels represent the culmination of the 19th-century realist tradition of Austen, George Eliot, Flauberty and Balzac, and a decisive step towards the experimental modernism of Woolf and T.S. Eliot. His works often focus upon an innocent American in Europe, and assess the qualities and dangers of both American and European culture at the time, as well as showing their vast differences.
language: English
title: Henry James: A Life
titlecomplete: Henry James: A Life
characters: Henry James
genres: History, Criticism, Biography Memoir, Biography, Literature, American, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 245
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: HarperCollins