| One of the master stylists of the English novel, Henry James is often thought of as having lived a life of total absorption in his craft, a life without significant outward events. But James, who combined rare qualities of aloofness and participation, of detachment and alert curiosity, was a man upon whom few experiences and observations were lost. After a restless transatlantic childhood and a brief residence in France, James settled in England, where he became one of the most traveled and sociable writers of his time. In the theme of conflict between the European and American sensibilities he found a world of heightened perceptions to which he gave lasting expression in his works. Relating many of James's best-known |
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