Henry James

We good Americans - I say it without presumption - are too apt to think that France is Paris, just as we are accused of being too apt to think that Paris is the celestial city. This is by no means the case, fortunately for those persons who take an interest in modern Gaul, and yet are still left vaguely unsatisfied by that epitome of civilization which stretches from the Arc de Triomphe to the Gymnase theatre.

I had simply, I suppose, a change of heart, and it must have begun when I received my manuscript back from Mr. Pinhorn. Mr. Pinhorn was my "chief," as he was called in the office: he had the high mission of bringing the paper up. This was a weekly periodical, which had been supposed to be almost past redemption when he took hold of it. It was Mr. Deedy who had let the thing down so dreadfully: he was never mentioned in the office now save in connexion with that misdemeanour. Young as I was I had been in a manner taken over from Mr. Deedy, who had been owner as well as editor; forming part of a promiscuous lot, mainly plant and office-furniture, which poor Mrs. Deedy, in her bereavement and depression, parted with at a rough valuation. I could account for my continuity but on the supposition that I had been cheap.

En la jaula es una lecci n magistral sobre el arte del punto de vista, y una ocasi n extraordinaria para conocer a un Henry James social, movi ndose en los abismos de las clases asalariadas como en los de las clases ociosas, sin merma de soltura ni de penetraci n. La jaula a la que alude la novela, es la oficina de correos en la que una humilde joven se halla confinada. Para su clientela la chica no tiene m s sentimientos que un buz n; pero en los oscuros textos de sus telegramas es capaz de adivinar terribles secretos e intimidades.

AS they all came out from luncheon General Fancourt took hold of him with an "I say, I want you to know my girl " as if the idea had just occurred to him and he hadn't spoken of it before. With the other hand he possessed himself all paternally of the young lady. "You know all about him. I've seen you with his books. She reads everything-everything " he went on to Paul. The girl smiled at him and then laughed at her father. The General turned away and his daughter spoke-"Isn't papa delightful?"

It's unclear why even many Henry James fans aren't familiar with this wicked early work, as it's James at his scathing best --- piercing, elegant, and ahead of his time. The story of an American hack journalist in Europe, "The Reverberator "is an early example of James' fascination with Americans confronting Europe's version of civilized society. Yet here he gives the theme a sly twist, as the Europeans find themselves enamored with a particularly uncivil brand of Americanism ... George Flack, a rising star in the scandal-mongering new American journalism of the 1880s, finds himself posted to Paris as a foreign correspondent for The Reverberator. And, like half of Paris, he finds himself in love with the beautiful but naive --- and engaged --- American girl Francie Dosson. But when Francie innocently reveals something about her fiance's snobby family to Flack, Francie, her fiance, and all of Paris suddenly find themselves in a public scandal of a type not seen before in the world's most sophisticated city. Informed, no doubt, by James own, miserable experience as a Paris-based correspondent for the "New York Tribune," "The Reverberator" features his normal lucid and penetrating prose, although less complicated than his later prose --- and with a bit of extra zing his fans may not expect. ebook ISBN: 978-1-61219-157-7

En ung guvernant till två föräldralösa barn på det ensliga godset Bly utanför London, accepterar mystiska villkor för sin anställning. Väl på plats möts hon av en stämning av iskall och stirrande övernaturlighet, barnen hon måste skydda samt en tvetydig husföreståndarinna. Alltmer osäker blir också läsaren, på fasans egentliga källa. När skruven dras åt är en av världslitteraturens mest klassiska spökhistorier, skriven av den psykologiska romanens mästare Henry James. Kanske mer än någon från sin tid kom James att inspirera våra moderna skräckmytologier; från bilden av oskulden som ondska, till schizoida labyrinter à la Roman Polanski. När skruven dras åt presenteras här i nyöversättning av Ola Klingberg och med ett förord av skräckvetaren Mattias Fyhr. HENRY JAMES [18431916] föddes i New York men emigrerade tidigt till Europa. Han hör till den anglosaxiska sekelskifteslitteraturens viktigaste namn.» Den har kallats världens bästa spökhistoria. Och när jag läser om Henry James klassiska kortroman När skruven dras åt, nu i utmärkt nyöversättning av Ola Klingberg, så instämmer jag. Igen.« OLA LARSMO, DAGENS NYHETER»Och i Ola Klingbergs smidiga, lätt arkaiserande översättning har nu boken äntligen! fått en bra svensk titel, till och med bättre än originalets.« CARL-JOHAN MALMBERG, SVD»Henry James förbereder helt enkelt spökhistorien för ett nytt sekel genom att ge den en ny litterär myndighet.« MIKAEL VAN REIS, GP