Portraits of Places (Duckworth Discoverers) - Hardcover

James, Henry

9780715630839: Portraits of Places (Duckworth Discoverers)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715630830 ISBN 13: 9780715630839

Publisher: International Publishers Marketing, 2002

Henry James was not only a novelist who wrote with the elegance of Marcel Proust, he was also a renowned travel writer and wrote prolifically for a dedicated following in American magazines, newspapers and journals. In this volume his best work on Italy, Britain, and the US was collected for a wider audience.

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Book Description:

Written by Henry James, Portraits is a record of the author's reminiscences of his travels in Italy, France, and England during 1876-1882. First published by Macmillan in 1883, this collection of essays contains finely crafted word-portraits about memorable locales on both sides of the Atlantic, as seen by an American observer.

About the Author:

Henry James (1843-1916) is still one of America’s most acclaimed novelists, whose work, most recently Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl, is regularly turned into Hollywood feature films.

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