Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and is easily overwhelmed by the attentions of a handsome but penniless suitor. Her clever father is implacably opposed to the match, and the scene for a classic confrontation is set. This new edition of James's most enduringly popular work offers more information than any previous edition.

After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself turned into a 'little feathered shuttlecock' to be swatted back and forth by her selfish mother, Ida, and her vain father, Beale, who value her only as a means of provoking one another.

An elegant collector's edition of Henry James' most accomplished novel with an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm Toibin.

In ‘Portret van een dame’ ontleedt Henry James universele thema’s als vrijheid, seksualiteit en bedrog. Isabel Archer, een knappe, jonge Amerikaanse, kan dankzij een erfenis naar Europa reizen. Daar ontmoet ze verschillende mannen die haar ten huwelijk vragen, en die ze resoluut afwijst. Ze is aan haar vrijheid gehecht, maar het lot wil dat ze valt voor de ogenschijnlijk charmante, beschaafde, kunstminnende expat avant la lettre Gilbert Osmond – met tragische gevolgen. ‘Portret van ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?"This edition contains two of Henry James's most popular short works. Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks a...