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....

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

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

On New York City's Washington Square lives Catherine Sloper, a shy and plain-looking young woman who is tyrannized by her wealthy, overbearing father....

During a trip to Europe, wealthy American businessman Christopher Newman proposes marriage to the scintillating and beautiful aristocrat Claire de Cintré....

American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs. Newsome, his fiancée, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man....

The Turn of the Screw has been described by many critics as the most sophisticated and terrifying ghost story in the English language....

Daisy Miller is the story of a beautiful, unconventional American girl who becomes the fascination of Frederick Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot. His pursuit of her is hampered by her flirtatiousness and flagrant disregard for the customs and behavior of the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy....

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

Henry James' short but much acclaimed suspenseful novel concerns an American editor's determination to acquire a collection of unpublished letters....