Henry James

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators....

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry....

When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds....

Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband....

The Spoils of Poynton is one of the quintessential works of James's middle period. The spoils of the book's title refer to furniture and other objects that widow Adela Gereth moves to her cottage so that they are kept away from the clutches of her coarse future daughter-in-law....

From the moment Isabel Archer arrives in England, the soon-to-be heiress is in high demand. But the idealistic American rejects two proposals - and convention altogether. Headstrong Isabel prefers to shape her identity and confront her own destiny. When she is finally swayed, it’s by the...

No nation has ever achieved the literary diversity of America. From nativist humor to immigrant triumph, Americans have recorded their visions and hopes better than anyone....

Wealthy Maggie Verver has everything she could ever ask for - except a husband and a title....

From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women"....

Hyacinth Robinson vows to assassinate an enemy of the people. But his exposure to a princess leads him to lose faith in his cause....

The interwoven relationships of a close circle of friends involved in the launching of two young ladies into society and marriage are examined through repartee....

Taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, a decade after the Civil War, The Bostonians tells the story of two cousins who battle for the affections of and control over an enchanting prophetess....

The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic ghost stories, read by three Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Henry James, M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton and Washington Irving....

The battle between a father and a daughter is usually portrayed in literature as a struggle between a headstrong but feisty girl and a tradition-bound lead weight of a father....

James considers this book to be his masterpiece! Various "ambassadors" are sent to Paris to persuade Chad Newsome to return to his New England town and attend to his business interests there....

When Isabel Archer, a young American woman with looks, wit, and imagination, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as "a place of brightness, of free expression, of irresistible action"....

Milly Theale is a young, beautiful, and fabulously wealthy American. When she arrives in London and meets the beautiful but impoverished Kate Croy, they form an intimate friendship....

Following a violent and messy divorce, young Maisie Farange floats back and forth between her parents, Beale and Ida, who use her as a weapon to torment each other in their ongoing, internecine war....

Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved....

The Portrait of a Lady tells the compelling and ultimately tragic tale of a beautiful young American woman's encounter with European sophistication....