The Beast in the Jungle & Other Tales
$46.92
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2026
Summary
‘James’s tales can be traps and ruses; they can also be complex self-descriptions in which his own fears and desires have full reign’
Frances Wilson, from her Preface to The Beast in the Jungle & Other Tales
This collection is made up of the later works in Henry James’s repertoire, into which he threw the full weight of his creative fears - notably those concerned with the life he missed out on while distilling his experiences into literature. The stories explore …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529431162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529431166 |
| Author: | Henry James, Frances Wilson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 396g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 40mm |
| Series: | riverrun editions |
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About The Author
Henry James
Henry James (1843 - 1916) was an American-British author, regarded as one of the most important novelists in the English language, and a key figure in the transition between literary realism and literary modernism.
Frances Wilson is an author, academic and critic, who reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, the New Statesman and the Guardian. She has written biographies of Henry James, D.H. Lawrence and Dorothy Wordsworth, among others.
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