This critical and scholarly edition presents the complete letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand
letters and addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, this edition is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of James, of the European novel and modern literature, and of
American and English literature, culture, and criticism.
Written between December 1876 and December 1877, the letters in this volume trace James�� departure from Paris and his arrival and domestication in London, where he would live at least part
of each year for most of the rest of his life. In London, James quickly becomes immersed in the social and literary life of the city and of the nation. He is invited as an honorary guest to
the Athenaeum Club; dines with Lord Houghton, William Gladstone, Alfred Tennyson, Heinrich Schliemann, and ��alf a dozen other men of ��igh culture���� and continues his friendship with
Turgenev, who lives in Paris. In addition to his regular production of critical and travel essays, he completes The American, contracts with Macmillan to publish French Poets and
Novelists, revises Watch and Ward for book publication, and travels to France and Italy.
