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Henry James

Henry James

Naissance 15 April 1843 · Décès 28 February 1916

Originaire de New York City, New York, United States · Nationalité : United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Écrit de la fiction

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Henry James, né à New York, fut un écrivain américain considéré comme l'une des grandes figures du réalisme littéraire du XIXe siècle. Il était le fils de Henry James père, théologien, et le frère du philosophe et psychologue William James ainsi que de la diariste Alice James.

Citations

  • “Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web, of the finest silken threads, suspended in the chamber of consciousness and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.”
    The Art of FictionEn anglais
  • “To live in such a place was, for Isabel, to hold to her ear all day a shell of the sea of the past. This vague eternal rumour kept her imagination awake.”
    The Portrait of a Lady, Chapter XXIIIEn anglais
  • “We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”
    The Middle Years 1893En anglais
  • “He would agree that life is a little worth living — or worth living a little; but would remark that, unfortunately, to live little enough, we have to live a great deal.”
    Hawthorne, Chapter VEn anglais
  • “There’s no more usual basis of union than a mutual misunderstanding.”
    The Portrait of a Lady, Chapter XVEn anglais

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Les livres de Henry James dans l'ordre

Les livres de Henry James dans l'ordre de parution, de Daisy Miller = (1877) à Beast in the Jungle (1915).

  1. 1Daisy Miller =Daisy Miller =1877
  2. 2L'AméricainL'Américain1877
  3. 3HawthorneHawthorne1879
  4. 4Roderick Hudson. By Henry James, JrRoderick Hudson. By Henry James, Jr1879
  5. 5Washington SquareWashington Square1880
  6. 6The Portrait of a LadyThe Portrait of a Lady1881
  7. 7The Art of FictionThe Art of Fiction1884
  8. 8Voyage En FranceVoyage En France1884
  9. 9Les BostoniennesLes Bostoniennes1885
  10. 10The Princess CasamassimaThe Princess Casamassima1886
  11. 11Partial PortraitsPartial Portraits1888
    Ce qu'il contient (11)
  12. 12The Aspern PapersThe Aspern Papers1890
  13. 13The Tragic MuseThe Tragic Muse1890
  14. 14Tales OfTales Of1893
  15. 15The Spoils of PoyntonThe Spoils of Poynton1896
  16. 16What Maisie KnewWhat Maisie Knew1897
  17. 17Le Tour D'EcrouLe Tour D'Ecrou1898
  18. 18The Awkward AgeThe Awkward Age1899
  19. 19The Ivory TowerThe Ivory Tower1900
  20. 20The Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove1902
  21. 21Les ambassadeursLes ambassadeurs1903
  22. 22The Golden BowlThe Golden Bowl1904
  23. 23Beast in the JungleBeast in the Jungle1915
  24. 24Henry JamesHenry James

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