The Beast in the Jungle and Other Stories
Henry James is at his best in short story or novella--- the reason: no other form demands such discipline and compression. For example, "The Beast in the Jungle" is the tale of a man's habitual obsession with himself and his deserved fate, "An International Episode" contains vignettes of...
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Henry James is at his best in short story or novella--- the reason: no other form demands such discipline and compression. For example, "The Beast in the Jungle" is the tale of a man's habitual obsession with himself and his deserved fate, "An International Episode" contains vignettes of upper-class life in the 1870s, and "The Pupil" narrates a son's long history of parental betrayals and rejections.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486275529 (0486275523)
Publish date: April 23rd 1993
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 101
Edition language: English