Henry James: Literary Criticism: French Writers, Other European Writers, the Prefaces to the New York Edition (The Library of America) - Hardcover

Henry James was born the son of a religious philosopher in New York City in 1843. His famous works include The Portrait of a Lady, Washington Square, Daisy Miller, and The Turn of the Screw. He died in London in 1916, and is buried in the family plot in Cambridge, Massachusetts.