This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

The first authoritative, scholarly edition of Henry James's masterpiece, The Portrait of a Lady (1881).

The first authoritative edition of Henry James's last completed novel, The Outcry (1911).

This scholarly edition includes the final ten stories Henry James wrote, and provides extensive textual history and wide-ranging notes.

Scholarly edition of Henry James' short comic novel about scandal in Paris, featuring a complete and comprehensive scholarly apparatus.

This early novel by Henry James is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. An unnamed English narrator observes and obsesses over the personal lives of other guests at a weekend gathering in the country. The reader is frequently left to decide whether his conclusions are facts or fancies. This is a fascinating novel of the period by the American literary realist that is still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in...