Pelham Edgar

Henry James Jr. (1843-1916) came from a well-to-do family in New York City that associated with such intellectuals as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau. After studying medicine at Harvard, James went on to write the groundbreaking Principles of Psychology, praised by the Society for Psychical Research. Although he wrote, “I don’t want everyone to like me,” in A Portrait of a Lady, it seemed that everyone did, and he found critical and commercial success with such brilliant works as Daisy Miller, The Bostonians, The Turn of the Screw, and Washington Square. Published in 1916, Henry James is a critical study.