Owen Wingrave

Une jeune fille se retrouve pour la première fois engagée comme gouvernante. Elle doit s’occuper de Miles et Flora, deux enfants étranges et magnifiques qui la déroutent tant ils se montrent distants et silencieux.Jour après jour, nuit après nuit, des visages apparaissent aux fenêtres poussiéreuses – des fantômes qui peu à peu se rapprochent. La jeune femme comprends alors l’horreur de la situation : ces créatures diaboliques s’intéressent aux enfants, souhaitant corrompre leur corps, leur esprit, leur âme…Mais le pire, c’est que Miles et Flora n’ont pas peur, au contraire ils semblent attirés par ces esprits malfaisants… » Bien que cette novella ait été écrite il y a plus d’un siècle, la façon dont son auteur installe un climat d’angoisse, la mise en scène soignée dans laquelle il fait évoluer ses personnages, la psychologie très fouillée de l’institutrice en font un récit de fantômes particulièrement moderne. » Zonelivre.fr

Le Tour d’écrou

When Isabel Archer, a young American woman, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as "a place of brightness". She turns aside from suitors who offer her their wealth and devotion to follow her own path. But that way leads to disillusionment and Isabel has to make her final choice.

The portrait of a lady

Roderick Hudson, jeune et prometteur sculpteur de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, est emmené à Rome par son ami Rowland Mallet, afin qu'il y poursuive ses études. Il donne très vite des preuves de son génie. Destiné depuis toujours à épouser sa cousine Mary Garland, il tombe cependant amoureux d'une romaine fort belle et finalement inaccessible. Consumé par sa passion, il cesse de créer: sa déchéance est rapide. (Source: Wikipedia)

Roderick Hudson

In extremis suivi de La Condition

Este ebook presenta "Otra vuelta de tuerca" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. 
Otra vuelta de tuerca, escrita por Henry James y publicado en 1898, es una historia de terror. Una joven inglesa llega a una vieja mansión en el campo para encargarse de la educación de dos niños. Poco después, descubre que estos reciben periódicas 'visitas' de un hombre y una mujer que habían muerto hacía mas de un año. Horrorizada, decide defender a los niños, interponiéndose entre los niños y los fantasmas.¿Es esta una historia de fantasmas o los fantasmas no existen más que en la mente enferma y perturbada de la institutriz?
Henry James (1843 - 1916) fue un escritor y crítico literario estadounidense (aunque pasó mucho tiempo en Europa y se nacionalizó británico casi al final de su vida) de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, conocido por sus novelas y relatos basados en la técnica del punto de vista, que le permite el análisis psicológico de los personajes desde su interior. Fue hijo de Henry James Sr. y hermano menor del filósofo y psicólogo William James.

Otra vuelta de tuerca

Une vie à Londres

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Portrait of a Lady + The Bostonians + The Tragic Muse + Daisy Miller (4 Unabridged Classics)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-81 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal.
The Bostonians by Henry James was first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the novel also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.
The Tragic Muse by Henry James was first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. This wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who vacillates between a political career and his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success. A huge cast of supporting characters help and hinder their pursuits.
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James first appearing in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy.
Henry James (1843 -  1916) was an American-born British writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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