Henry James, a Life

Book excerpt: "Henry James: A Life" is a revised and updated condensation of the classic biography. "Henry James: A Life" gains narrative power in its directedness, in its concise handling of James's complex development as a writer, in a sharpened sense of how his youthful enthusiasms and setbacks were transformed and yoked to his art. And this edition, which represents the first complete one-volume biography of James ever published, includes significant new material about his life. Revised and skillfully abridged in these pages, Edel's masterpiece will find its way to a whole new generation of readers. -- From publisher's description.