Henry James
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1930
Physical Desc
ix pages, 1 leaf, 211 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry James (1843-1916) is one of America's premier writers of fiction. His famous novella The Turn of the Screw (1898), concerning the governess of two small children who thinks that her charges are being haunted by ghosts, brilliantly illustrates James's theory of the horror story: to suggest rather than state horror. A true psychological thriller as well as an acute study of obsession, The Turn of the Screw leaves open whether the children are...
42) Literary criticism--French writers ; Other European writers ; The Prefaces to the New York edition
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Physical Desc
1408 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 29
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Viking Press
Pub. Date
©1985
Physical Desc
1249 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Washington Square, The portrait of a lady, The Bostonians.
Author
Publisher
Taplinger Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[1970]
Physical Desc
xvi, 762 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Brings together all the tales of the occult, of ghosts, vampires, extrasensory experience, thought transference and mysterious probings of double identity, written over a period of 40 years.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 82
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
948 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 139
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1035 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 83
Publisher
Library of America (Firm)
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
x, 946 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 107
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
904 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Complete Stories 1884-1891 features among its seventeen stories some of James' greatest masterpieces, among them "The Aspern Papers", a stunning novella about emotional ruthlessness in the service of literary scholarship, "The Lesson of the Master", an intricate study of ambition, disappointment, and the demands of a life devoted to art; "Brooksmith", a moving portrait of a house servant; and the enthralling ghost story "Sir Edmund Orme."
Author
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
460 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Denton, 1981. Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active and the country's on alert for an outbreak of rabies. Detective Sergeant Jack Frost is working under his mentor and inspiration DI Bert Williams, and coping badly with his increasingly strained marriage. --P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 111
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
972 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
137 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"You're a backpacker or a hunter lost in the woods after sundown; what will you do?...Badass Survival Secrets will introduce you to everything you need to survive when the unexpected happens."--p. [4] of Cover.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 336 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Sergeant Jack Frost investigates the disappearance of a twelve-year-old girl from the dressing room of a department store as well as the disappearance of his mentor.
Author
Series
The novels and tales of Henry James volume 10
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©1936
Edition
New York ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 499 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1995].
Edition
Second edition
Physical Desc
ix, 785 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seeking the opportunities of Europe, Isabel Archer, a young American, is courted by three men, comes to rely on a invalid cousin, an falls prey to a scheming, sophisticated older woman.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1966]
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
x, 276 pages 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in literature have been able to do -- a complete feeling of dread and uncertainty.
