Novels

About “Novels”

This volume collects four novels written by Henry James in the period immediately following his unsuccessful five-year-long attempt to establish himself as a playwright on the London stage. The novels explore themes of jealousy and frustrated passion, the impact of parental divorce on a young girl, and the complicated relations within a sophisticated London social circle, with each work examining the ambiguity of childhood "innocence" amid adult struggles over money, power, and love.