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Henry James (1843-1916)

James I, James II and the Old Pretender.

James I - is the traditional 19* century novelist using simple and direct style.

James 11 - (1890-189 7) short stories and plays.

- The Old Pretender - the magician whose style becomes morę complex, experimenting

with narrative techniques.

“The Portrait of a Lady” (1881) - a story of a young American woman who brings to Europę her narrow provincionalism but also her free spirit, her refusal to l>? treated in the Victorian world, merely as a marriageable object.

In the preface to the 1908 edition of the novel, James admitted that it was liis intention to focus on the character's inner life by choosing her mind as a setting.

“The Portrait of a Lady ”-technique called ‘stream of consciousness', as it reflects the main character’s State of mind and conveys psychological realism.

“Washington Sąuare” (1880) - a thorouglily American novel (both the setting and the cliaracters)

“The Wings ofDove” (1902) - shifting points of view “The Age of Innocence”

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