Notes of a Son and Brother (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Henry James

Overview

The second volume of Henry James’s autobiography, Notes of a Son and Brother, was completed just a few months before his death. Here, James covers the time of the Civil War, discusses his early adulthood, his first efforts at writing fiction, and the death of his beloved cousin, Minny Temple. A moving and insightful book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411435865
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/15/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	515
Sales rank:	713,835
File size:	553 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but after forty years in England became a British subject in 1915.  A consummate prose stylist and innovator, possessed of acute psychological discernment, James took the art of the novel to rarefied heights in such masterworks as The Turn of the Screw and The Golden Bowl, helping to pioneer literary realism.

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1843

Date of Death:

February 28, 1916

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Attended school in France and Switzerland; Harvard Law School, 1862-63