The Coxon Fund

by JAMES, HENRY

• ISBN13: 9781933633428
• ISBN10: 1933633425
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Melville House

Summary

THE ART OF THE NOVELLA Henry James examines one of his favorite topics-the artist's place in society-by profiling a "genius" who just can't seem to support himself. A dazzling intellectual and brilliant speaker, Mr. Saltram has become the most sought-after houseguest in England. But, as his intellectual labors slacken, it becomes harder and harder to get him to leave. A wry, edgy comedy about the fine line between making art and freeloading,The Coxon Fundshows off a gift that is rarely appreciated about Henry James: he can be wickedly funny.

Author Biography

HENRY JAMES was born in New York City in 1843, the son of theologian Henry James, Sr., and brother of philosopher William James. He entered Harvard Law School at nineteen but soon quit to write and travel in Europe – to Paris, for example, where he met Flaubert, Turgenev, George Eliot, and Zola. Settling in London in 1876, he gained international fame with Daisy Miller, which scandalized Victorian society and sold thousands of copies. Never again would he equal its popularity, but his increasingly sophisticated and meticulously observed works, such as The Golden Bowl and The Ambassadors, established him as the first master of psychological fiction. He died in England in 1916.