{"product_id":"aspern-papers-other-tales","title":"Aspern Papers \u0026 Other Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful new selection of Henry James''s short stories exploring the relationship between art and life, edited by Michael Gorra.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume gathers seven of the very best of Henry James''s short stories, all focussing the relationship between art and life. In ''The Aspern Papers'', a critic is determined to get his hands on a great poet''s papers hidden in a faded Venetian house - not matter what the human cost. ''The Author of \u003ci\u003eBeltraffio\u003c\/i\u003e'', ''The Lesson of the Master'' and ''The Figure in the Carpet'' all focus on naive young men''s unsettling encounters with their literary heroes. In ''The Middle Years'', a dying novelist begins to glimpse his own potential, while ''The Real Thing'' and ''Greville Fane'' both explore the tension between artistic and commercial success. These fables of the creative life reveal James at his ironic, provocative best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1843 in New York and died in London in 1916. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eRoderick Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e (1875). They include \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Europeans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Bostonians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Princess Casamassima\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Tragic Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Spoils of Poynton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Awkward Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eMichael Gorra \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English at Smith College and the author of \u003ci style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003ePortrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in biography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319745061246,"sku":"NW9780141389790","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141389790.jpg?v=1778641169","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/aspern-papers-other-tales","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}