Sir Edmund Orme-Henry James

Real Thing by Henry James.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.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Altar of the Dead by Henry James.A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. He meets a woman who shares his ideals, only to find that the past places what seems to be an impassable barrier between them. Although James was not religious in any conventional sense, the story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Death of the Lion by Henry James.This short novel is a black comedy about fame, manipulation, pretension, and surviving it all.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Little Tour in France by Henry James.A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France -- from Touraine, down to Provence, then back up north -- made by Henry James in 1882, and first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1883-1884.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Way It Came by Henry James.Best known under the title "The Friends Of The Friends" and chosen under that title for his classic fantasy anthology "Black Water" by Alberto Manguel as one of the best ghost stories ever written, this "ghost" story (that is, if it is "a ghost story") is a profound psychological observation of a love transcending death - also a detailed exploration of the min of the woman who would rather have her love right here in life. Echoing "The Turn Of The Screw" in its treatment of the supernatural as psychological, it turns the tables by making the supernatural consummately "real" - at least in the mind of one who loves. To find out how, listen on.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Papers by Henry James.Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James, of course, long pre-dates the multiplicity of media in today’s world, when the press was the main source of adulation, and he was famously averse to giving newspaper interviews himself. For those interested in the sources of celebrity worship, however, his story, “The Papers,” showing how two aspiring London journalists worked with those who were famous simply for being famous, helps to give some idea of how such worship was practiced a century ago.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

London Life by Henry James.A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-American manners and a fascinating glimpse of late Victorian London.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Owen Wingrave by Henry James.A young man of good family with a long distinguished military tradition indicates that he will not follow his ancestors' path into the army. Dire results ensue. Benjamin Britten in 1970 wrote an opera based on this story.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Siege of London by Henry James.In this work, first published in 1883, James once again writes of an American trying to settle in England. The woman at the center, however, is not a product of the Boston or New York upper classes, but of the American West, and is thus distinguished from the characters of many of his other transatlantic works.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Sir Edmund Orme by Henry James.Henry James wrote a number of ghost stories -- The Turn of the Screw being the most famous. Did he believe in ghosts himself, as did many of his contemporaries? It's generally possible to find earthly interpretations, Freudian and other, for his ghosts. The story has to do with two love affairs in two generations, and Sir Edmund, real or imagined, plays a role in each.Featured on Henry James Classics Podcast.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.