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    The Great Condition (1899)
    The Great Condition (1899)
    The Great Condition (1899)
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    The Great Condition (1899)

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    This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated to London, where he remained for the vast majority of the rest of his life, becoming a British citizen in 1915. From this point on, he was a hugely prolific author, eventually producing twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories and novellas, as well as literary criticism, plays and travelogues. Amongst James's most famous works are The Europeans (1878), Daisy Miller (1878), Washington Square (1880), The Bostonians (1886), and one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, The Turn of the Screw (1898). We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 3, 2016
    ISBN9781473365841
    The Great Condition (1899)
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    Henry James

    Henry James (1843–1916) was an American writer, highly regarded as one of the key proponents of literary realism, as well as for his contributions to literary criticism. His writing centres on the clash and overlap between Europe and America, and The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as his most notable work.

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      The Great Condition (1899) - Henry James

      THE GREAT CONDITION

      BY

      HENRY JAMES

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Henry James

      Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading. In 1855, the James family embarked on a three year-long trip to Geneva, London, and Paris; an experience that greatly influenced his decision, some years later, to emigrate to Europe. Having returned to America, and having met prominent authors and thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, James turned seriously to writing.

      James published his first story, ‘A Tragedy of Error’, in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated to London, where he remained for the vast majority of the rest of his life, becoming a British citizen in 1915. From this point on, he was a hugely prolific author, eventually producing twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories and novellas, as well as literary criticism, plays and travelogues. Amongst James’s most famous works are The Europeans (1878), Daisy Miller (1878), Washington Square (1880), The Bostonians (1886), and one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, The Turn of the Screw (1898). James’ personal favourite, of all his works, was the 1903 novel The Ambassadors. He is regarded by modern-day critics as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism, and one of the greatest American authors of all-time.

      James’ autobiography appeared in three volumes between 1914 and 1917. He died following a stroke in February of 1916, aged 72.

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      Ah there, confound it! said Bertram Braddle when he had once more frowned, so far as he could frown, over his telegram. I must catch the train if I’m to have my morning clear in town. And it’s a most abominable nuisance!

      Do you mean on account of – a – her? asked, after a minute’s silent sympathy, the friend to whom – in the hall of the hotel, still bestrewn with the appurtenances of the newly disembarked – he had thus querulously addressed himself.

      He looked hard for an instant at Henry Chilver, but the hardness was not all produced by Chilver’s question. His annoyance at not being able to spend his night at Liverpool was visibly the greatest that such a privation can be conceived as producing, and might have seemed indeed to transcend the limits of its occasion. I promised her the second day out that, no matter at what hour we should get in, I would see her up to London and save her having to take a step by herself.

      And you piled up the assurance – Chilver somewhat irrelevantly laughed – with each successive day!

      Naturally – for what is there to do between New York and Queenstown but pile up? And now, with this pistol at my head – crumpling the telegram with an angry fist, he tossed it into the wide public chimney-place – I leave her to scramble through to-morrow as she can. She has to go on to Brighton and she doesn’t know— And Braddle’s quickened sense of the perversity of things dropped to a moment’s helpless communion with the aggravating face of his watch.

      She doesn’t know—? his friend conscientiously echoed.

      Oh, she doesn’t know anything! Should you say it’s too late to ask for a word with her?

      Chilver, with his eyes on the big hotel-clock, wondered. Lateish – isn’t it? – when she must have been gone this quarter of an hour to her room.

      Yes, I’m bound to say she has managed that for herself! and Braddle stuck back his watch. So that, as I haven’t time to write, there’s nothing for me but to wire her – ever so apologetically – the first thing in the morning from town.

      Surely – as for the steamer special there are now only about five minutes left.

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