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    The Real Thing
    The Real Thing
    The Real Thing
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    The Real Thing

    Written by Henry James

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    The Real Thing is, on one level, a somewhat ironic tale of an artist and two rather particular models. Yet it also raises questions about the relationship between the notion of reality in our humdrum world, and the means that an artist must use in trying to achieve, or reflect, that reality. Though the protagonist is an artist and illustrator of books, not a writer, it's not hard to imagine that James has himself, and other writers, in mind.(summary by Clifford)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Henry James

    Henry James was born in New York in 1843, the younger brother of the philosopher William James, and was educated in Europe and America. He left Harvard Law School in 1863, after a year's attendance, to concentrate on writing, and from 1869 he began to make prolonged visits to Europe, eventually settling in England in 1876. His literary output was both prodigious and of the highest quality: more than ten outstanding novels including his masterpiece, The Portrait of a Lady; countless novellas and short stories; as well as innumerable essays, letters, and other pieces of critical prose. Known by contemporary fellow novelists as 'the Master', James died in Kensington, London, in 1916.

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    • 5/5
      Another beautiful reading by Nicholas Clifford of One of the most incisive short stories you will ever read, a real critique on what authenticity is, and the social roles that we take on trying to live for other people. The story will make you doubt what sincerity is, and how to recognize it when you see it. It also portrays the dilemma of the artist obliged to put forth in ink and paint what the appearances are, not reality. And the tragedy of people who become one society asks of them. Unlike Henry James is longer works, the short story does not lack a plot.
    • 5/5
      Such a surprise. Delightful well drawn. They voice of the narrator is strong and clear and clean