James's Correspondents

Included presidents and prime ministers, painters and great ladies, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells and Edith Wharton.

About the Selection

This fully-annotated selection from James's eloquent correspondence allows the writer to reveal himself and the fascinating world in which he lived.

The Content of the Letters

The letters provide a rich and fascinating source for James's views on his own works, on the literary craft, on sex, politics and friendship.

Significance

Together they constitute, in Philip Horne's own words, James's "real and best biography".