Selected Tales (Penguin Classics)

Selected Tales (Penguin Classics) by James, Henry. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140436945.

Throughout his life, Henry James was drawn to the short story form for the freedom and variety it offered. The nineteen stories in this selection span Jamess career, from brief tales to longer works, all exploring his concerns with the old world and the new, money, fame and art. Daisy Miller, the work that first brought him fame, depicts a bold, unsophisticated American girl abroad, and In the Cage portrays a young telegraphists romantic fantasies about customers who send telegrams from her post office. In The Birthplace a Stratford tour guide embellishes the Shakespeare legend, while in the late masterpiece The Jolly Corner, an elderly American returns from Europe and encounters a strange apparition. Haunting, witty and beautifully drawn, Jamess tales are as complex and resonant as his novels. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.