Henry James

  • Destination: Venice

    Get to the city of canals before it disappears -- and don't forget to grab Calvino, James and, of course, Thomas Mann.
  • Reading "The Wings of the Dove"

    Henry James reminded me, once again, that suffering can bring great rewards.
  • "The Master" by Colm Toibin

    What made Henry James a great writer? In Colm Toibin's richly rewarding new novel about the Anglo-American literary giant, it's the same thing that made him miss his best opportunities for happiness.
  • A very few good men

    Andrew Hacker talks about his new book "Mismatch" and why women are so fed up with the opposite sex.
  • I'd prefer not to

    My list includes Toni Morrison, Henry James, Faulkner and Beckett. Why are there some great writers we just cannot read?
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001
  • Expatriate novels

    The author of "Autobiography of a Face" picks five classics about life abroad.
  • Indispensable frivolity

    The poet and translator picks five seriously ridiculous novels.
  • Crashing the top

    Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination.
  • The art of life

    Biographer Jay Parini on his favorite biographies, about such writers as James Joyce, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "The Wings of the Dove"

    The opulent costume picture 'The Wings of the Dove' proves that a movie can be all dressed up and still have somewhere interesting to go.
  • Washington Square

    Agnieszka Holland's admirably faithful version of Henry James' "Washington Square" puts the novel under glass.
  • Personal Best: The Portrait of a Lady

    "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James

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