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Le colonel Capadose est un homme fascinant : séduisant, beau parleur, bon cavalier, aimé des femmes - et surtout de la sienne, Everina -, il réunit toutes les qualités dont on peut rêver. Seule ombre au tableau, c'est un menteur invétéré qui affabule à longueur de journée. Lorsque Oliver Lyon, un peintre de talent, amoureux d'Everina, décide de réaliser un portrait du colonel qui révélera au grand jour sa véritable nature, les choses se compliquent.

Ein Mädchen auf Grand Tour durch Europa. Der bereits lange in der Schweiz lebende 27-jährige Frederick Winterbourne begegnet während eines Besuches bei seiner Tante in Vevey der Amerikanerin Daisy Miller, die mit ihrer Mutter und ihrem Bruder Europa bereist. Er ist sofort von dem fröhlichen, redegewandten und furchtlosen Mädchen eingenommen, doch seine Tante missbilligt das ungebührliche Verhalten des Mädchens aufs äußerste.

Zum 100. Todestag von Henry James am 28. Februar 2016. In den öden Sommermonaten um die Jahrhundertwende vertreibt sich die Londoner High Society die Zeit mit Ausschweifungen und Seitensprüngen. All die verbotenen Verabredungen gelangen durch die Gitterstäbe des Telegrafenschalters in die Hände einer jungen namenlosen Frau. Aus den kryptischen Anspielungen und Abkürzungen der Telegramme reimt sie sich die Geheimnisse dahinter zusammen, besonders die Liebelei des schmucken Captain Everard zieht sie in ihren Bann.

John Lennox gibt beim Maler Baxter ein Portrait seiner Verlobten in Auftrag, allerdings ist er mit dem Resultat alles andere als zufrieden, da die Gesichtszüge seiner Liebsten einen Ausdruck in sich bergen bzw. charakterliche Eigenschaften offenbaren, welche er nach anfänglichen Formulierungsschwierigkeiten nicht als die positivsten ausmacht. Schließlich kenne Baxter seine Fast-Ehefrau nicht persönlich und das Gemälde erscheine ihm verbesserungswürdig.

The story of aging George Stransom, who is obsessed with observing the anniversary of his fiancée Mary Antrim's death, a fact that leads him to expand his commemorative pantheon to include all the other departed friends who live on in his memory. As in life, if we live long enough, the departed outnumber the living. When Stransom becomes the last of the living, who will light a candle for him?

This tale is as much a story of the psychology of people as it is of ghosts. How much do grief, ego, spite, and revenge play into our ideas of ghosts and being 'haunted'? This was an early Henry James story before he wrote "Turn of the Screw."

Henry James' transatlantic tale follows the intrigues of a beautiful American adventuress who has set her sights on respectability and ultimate success in upper-class London society.

Introduction by Colm Tóibín One of the final masterpieces from one of the world’s greatest authors, Henry James’s The Ambassadors is now available for the first time in a Modern Library edition, with a new Introduction by acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín. A keenly observed tale of a...

Henry James' short but much acclaimed suspenseful novel, set in Venice, concerns an American editor's determination to acquire a collection of unpublished letters to the former mistress of a famous deceased poet. This Miss bordereau is now very elderly, living modestly in a dilpidated old palazzo with her shy, awkward and uncomely niece Tita, an unwitting "pawn" in the plot.

Evil apparitions haunt a governess who is put in charge of two supposedly "possessed" children. In "The Third Person", two spinsters add some spice to their lives by entertaining a ghost.

In this superb novella, a nameless narrator travels to Venice in search of Juliana Bordereau, the former lover of Jeffrey Aspern, a famous and now dead American poet. We witness the battle between a strong-willed woman who is determined to keep the secrets of a famous poet and an unscrupulous man who is equally determined to uncover them.

James considers this book to be his masterpiece! Various "ambassadors" are sent to Paris to persuade Chad Newsome to return to his New England town and attend to his business interests there. One of these envoys, Lambert Strether, is so impressed with Chad's suavity and charm that he advises him to stay with Mme. de Vionnet in France.

Henry James' fascinating love triangle involves a male chauvinist, an ardent feminist, and the lovely gifted pawn, Verena Tarrant. As always, James' descriptions and dialogue delight from beginning to end!

The interwoven relationships of a close circle of friends involved in the launching of two young ladies into society and marriage are examined through repartee.

This deeply sensitive and provocative collection includes "The Beast of the Jungle" (considered to be one of Henry James' best), "The Altar of the Dead", "The Birthplace", "The Liar", and "The Middle Years".

Shunted between warring and neglectful divorced parents and caring governesses and step-parents, little Maisie lives in a bewildering world in this heart-rending novel.

In "The Jolly Corner", a man returns to the house where he once lived, hoping to revisit the past. But now someone (or something) lurks there, leading him towards a frightening discovery. In "The Pupil", a young tutor befriends an ailing student and tries to protect him from the destructive whimsies of his family.

In "The Great Good Place", a man searches for peace and respite from the demands of success. The fascinating, searching novella In the Cage tells of a young girl in a Mayfair post office becoming more aware of the great social world and of a certain gentleman's affairs through the telegrams that he sends.

Hyacinth Robinson, drawn into the London underworld of revolutionary politics, vows to assassinate an enemy of the people. His exposure to the Princess Casamassima's world of art, nobility, and beauty leads him to lose faith in his cause.

Catherine Sloper, the heroine of this tragicomic tale set in mid-19th century New York, is absolutely ordinary in every way except for her exceptional capacities in love and loyalty. These latter qualities are of no interest to her father, the successful society Doctor who is constantly disappointed by his daughter's failure to be brilliant, either physically or intellectually. For this reason, he is highly suspicious when Morris Townsend begins to woo her and is convinced the handsome young man's interest is only in the fortune Catherine will eventually inherit.