Henry James & August Nemo 
Essential Novelists – Henry James 
trans-atlantic literature

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.
For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Henry Jameswhich are The Portrait of a Ladyand The Turn of the Screw
Henry James (15 April 1843 28 February 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.
Novels selected for this book:
– The Portrait of a Lady
– The Turn of the Screw


This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

About the author

Born on April 15, 1843, in New York City, Henry James became one of his generation’s most well-known writers and remains so to this day for such works as The Portrait of a Lady and The Turn of the Screw. Having lived in England for 40 years, James became a British subject in 1915, the year before his death. He died on February 28, 1916, in London, England.