Within the Rim (1918)

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children James had an unorthodox early education switching between schools private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story A Tragedy of Error in the Continental Monthly in 1864 when he was twenty years old. In 1876 he emigrated to London where he remained for the vast majority of the rest of his life becoming a British citizen in 1915. From this point on he was a hugely prolific author eventually producing twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories and novellas as well as literary criticism plays and travelogues. Amongst Jamess most famous works are The Europeans (1878) Daisy Miller (1878) Washington Square (1880) The Bostonians (1886) and one of the most famous ghost stories of all time The Turn of the Screw (1898). We are republishing these classic works in affordable high quality modern editions using the original text and artwork.