Henry James: Quick Facts


Facts

Born April 15, 1843 • New York City • New York
Died February 28, 1916 (aged 72) • London • England
Notable Works “Daisy Miller” • “In the Cage” • “Roderick Hudson” • “The Ambassadors” • “The American” • “The Art of Fiction” • “The Aspern Papers” • “The Awkward Age” • “The Beast in the Jungle” • “The Bostonians” • “The Golden Bowl” • “The Portrait of a Lady” • “The Princess Casamassima” • “The Spoils of Poynton” • “The Tragic Muse” • “The Turn of the Screw” • “The Wings of the Dove” • “Transatlantic Sketches” • “Washington Square” • “What Maisie Knew”
Movement / Style Modernism
Notable Family Members father Henry James • brother William James

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