‘A full and entertaining study’ – The Sunday Times

‘Excellent contemporary drawings and photographs’ — Sunday Telegraph

‘Impeccable … excellent reproductions’ — Stephen Spender, New Statesman

One of the master stylists of the English-language novel, Henry James became one of the most travelled and sociable writers of his times. In the ‘international theme’ — that of conflict between the European and American sensibilities — he found a world to which he gave lasting expression in his works.

Professor Moore traces James’s developing consciousness and command, and relates many of James’s stories to the events or people upon which they were based, enhancing our appreciation both of the works themselves and their author.