Henry James

A London Life and Other Tales Henry James

A London Life is one of James's longest tales, in fact it falls into the category which he labelled the nouvelle. .. Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe.