"Porträt einer jungen Dame" ist ein faszinierender Roman von Gottfried Röckelein, der das Leben einer jungen Frau in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts erzählt. Die Protagonistin, eine gebildete und unabhängige junge Dame, navigiert durch...

Washington Square. Roman von James, Henry

'There was nothing weak about Miss Olive, she was a fighting woman, and she would fight him to the death' Basil Ransom, an attractive young Mississippi lawyer, is on a visit to his cousin Olive, a wealthy feminist, in Boston when he...

To read a story by Henry James is to enter a fully realized world unlike any other—a rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complex characters. Devious children, sparring lovers, capricious American girls, obtuse...

The American von James, Henry

Henry James left America for England in 1876 and remained in his adopted country for the next three decades. Arriving in Liverpool, he made his way first to London, the "dreadful, delightful city” that he would come to both love and...

Washington Square is one of Henry James's most appealing and popular novels, with the most straightforward plot and style of any of his works. Set in the genteel New York of James's early childhood, it is a tale of cruelty laced with...

Der Wunderbrunnen: Roman

'She knew of no wrong that he had done; he was not violent, he was not cruel; she simply believed that he hated her'When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected...

Isabel Archer ist Amerikanerin und eine interessante Frau, die bei ihrem Eintreffen in England für gehörigen Wirbel sorgt. Dort verändert sie das Leben aller, auf die sie trifft - aber wird England auch sie verändern? von James, Henry

Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and is easily overwhelmed by the attentions of a handsome but penniless suitor. Her clever father is implacably opposed to the match, and the scene for a classic confrontation is set. This new...

Henry James' short novels provide an overview of his entire career and serve as an excellent introduction to his singular art and imagination. This collection includes The Turn of the Screw, Daisy Miller, The Beast in the Jungle, An...