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Excerpt: Washington Square by Henry James.

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Washington Square by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Washington Square by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Washington Square by Henry James From the 1921 Macmillan and Co... ...o was both a de- voted and a very happy husband. The fact of his having 5 Henry James married a rich woman made no difference in the line he had trac... ... tell the truth— But this is a truth of which I will defer the telling. 7 Henry James CHAPTER II When the child was about ten years old, he invited h...

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Excerpt: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII.

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...Vol. 1 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII is a publicati... ...ctronic transmission, in any way. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII, the Pennsylvan... ...ual opportunity University. 1749 THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING by Henry Fielding BOOK I CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS I... ...eneral bill of fare to our whole The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding 3 entertainment, but shall likewise give the reader particu... ..., in the following work, adhered The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding 4 closely to one of the highest principles of the best cook... ...t never that incredulous hatred mentioned by Horace. It is by falling into fiction, therefore, that we generally offend against this rule, of desertin... ...h chapter of the Bathos, “The great art of all poetry is to mix truth with fiction, in order to join the credible with the surprizing.” For though e... ...which he had heard assigned. He concluded, therefore, that the whole was a fiction, and that Jones, of whom he had often from his correspondents heard...

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Excerpt: Roderick Hudson by Henry James.

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...es A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Roderick Hudson by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Roderick Hudson by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Roderick Hudson by Henry James CHAPTER I. Rowland M allet had m... ...uestion. “Why, very much what I do here,” he answered. “No great harm.” 5 Henry James “Is it true,” Cecilia asked, “that here you do no great harm? I... ...with life. You may say that that is just the humor a useless man should 7 Henry James keep out of. He should cultivate discontentment. I did a good m... ...sses. I insist on believing, for myself, that the pagan mythology is not a fiction, and that Venus and Juno and Apollo and Mercury used to come down i... ... line. I have investigated the question minutely, and I find this is but a fiction to frighten us. He is perfectly free; but the estates are such that... ...ally, a starting- point in experience; so that the many-colored flowers of fiction which blossomed in her talk were not so much perversions, as sympat...

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...Henry James wrote a number of ghost stories -- The Turn of the Screw being the most famous. Did he believe in ghosts himself, as did many of his contemporaries? It's generally possible to find earthly interpretations, Freudia...

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Excerpt: The Point of View by Henry James.

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...s A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Eugene Pickering by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Eugene Pickering by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Eugene Pickering by Henry James CHAPTER I. I t was at Homburg, ... ...ive to the play to have many thoughts for each other; but before long I 5 Henry James noticed a lady who evidently had an eye for her neighbours as w... ...e it. She shook her head with great decision, and seemed to bid him put 7 Henry James it up again; but he, still blushing a good deal, pressed her wi... ...ame of the injured heroine. The major, I imagine, had never read a work of fiction in his life, but he knew by hearsay that Madame Blumenthal’s litera...

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... A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Aspern Papers by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Aspern Papers by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Aspern Papers by Henry James The text is that of the first ... ...he riddle of the universe,” she said; and I denied the impeachment only 5 Henry James by replying that if I had to choose between that precious solut... ... explanation was that she had kept so quiet. The poor lady on the whole 7 Henry James had had reason for doing so. But it was a revelation to us that...

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...Henry Scougal was born in Scotland in 1650. The son of the Bishop of Aberdeen, he flourished under rigorous teaching to become Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Aberdeen. In 1672, Scougal was ordained minister in Auc...

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...Henry Ford profiles the events that shaped his personal philosophy, and the challenges he overcame on the road to founding the Ford Motor Company. Throughout his memoir, he stresses the importance of tangible service and phys...

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...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Alter of the Dead by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Alter of the Dead by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- rie... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Altar of the Dead by Henry James CHAPTER I H e had a mortal... ...lways called in his thoughts the Others. He spared them the moments, he 5 Henry James organised the charity. Quite how it had risen he probably never... ...ir had just arrived from America, and Stransom hadn’t needed to be told 7 Henry James this to guess the nationality of the lady. Somehow it deepened ...

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...y y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Fielding JOSEPH ANDREWS By Henry Fielding E E E E Edited b dited b dited b dited b dited by G y G y G ... ...The novel was for him that assiette; and all his novels are here. Although Henry Fielding lived in quite modern times, al- though by family and connec... ... member of the great house of Hapsburg who came to England in the reign of Henry II., distinguished itself in the Wars of the Roses, and in the sevent... ...ct that the Picaresque novel of adventure is the only or the chief form of fiction which prescribes or admits these episodic excursions. All the class... ...ty and fertility of his creation. For the very first time in English prose fiction every character is alive, every incident is ca- pable of having hap... ...pical form. Why Defoe did not discover the New World 18 Joseph Andrews of Fiction, I at least have never been able to put into any brief critical for... ...ecessary or indeed desirable to take account of them. In the case of prose fiction, more than in any other department of literature, it is desirable t...

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...Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US editio...

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...Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US editio...

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...A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his intellectually active family, his intermittent schooling, and his first trips to Europe. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...Daisy Miller: A Study In Two Parts by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Daisy Mill... ...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- rie... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Daisy Miller: A Study In Two Parts by Henry James PART I A t th... ...He had now fin- ished his breakfast; but he was drinking a small cup of 5 Henry James coffee, which had been served to him on a little table in the g...