Henry James

Bosanquet, the last of James's secretaries, was a brisk, bright young woman with literary ambitions of her own she became a critic who published an illuminating memoir called "Henry James at Work" in which she told what it was like to take dictation from a great writer.

Her Master's Voice From the Other Side Terry Teachout 2011

But, perhaps "dayenu" is to remind us that each of us as individuals can only accomplish so much, and that to paraphrase Henry James, "we will act as though what we do makes a difference."

Archive 2008-04-01 Debra W. Haffner 2008

But, perhaps "dayenu" is to remind us that each of us as individuals can only accomplish so much, and that to paraphrase Henry James, "we will act as though what we do makes a difference."

What's the Connection?: Would It Be Enough? Debra W. Haffner 2008

I recall Henry James being great at describing dresses.

Great Dresses in Mediocre Literature (a continuing series) - A Dress A Day 2007

While the family were in Dorking, where they had taken a house for the summer, Mrs. Strong received a letter of sympathy from Mrs. Stevenson's old friend, Henry James, which is so characteristic that I am impelled to quote it:

The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895

Her psychological observations recall Henry James and Edith Wharton: "There was a compensating generosity in his nature, that would rush in to fill the cavities gouged out by his own unkindness."

Culture | guardian.co.uk Lisa Allardice 2010

To paraphrase Henry James, there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood.

American Thinker 2009

To paraphrase Henry James, there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood.

American Thinker 2009

Similar themes can be found in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 19th-century novel about young Russian nihilists, "The Possessed," in Joseph Conrad's "Under Western Eyes," Henry James '"The Princess Casamassima," Andre Malraux's tale of the Shanghai uprising, "Man's Fate," and, of course, Ernest Hemingway's stories of the Spanish civil war.

Tom Hayden on Mark Rudd 2009

Though artists such as Henry James and Herman Melville got short shrift in Parrington's account, the struggle between "the people" and the plutocratic "interests" propelled the narrative forward.

Literature in an Era of Social Ferment 2008