Designed as an accessible introduction to Henry James's life and work for general readers, Meet Henry James tells the story of five of the author's most riveting and popular tales-including Daisy Miller, The Turn of the Screw, and "The Beast in the Jungle"-through James's own eyes as much as possible, in a narrative in which he is always just "Henry," not "Henry James." Along the way we are introduced to his remarkable family of origin and how it shaped him, especially through his relationship with his brother William, the great psychologist and philosopher.

With some forty illustrations of people and places drawn from James's world and work, Meet Henry James has much to offer both new readers and longtime students of the Master, as it makes vivid the effects, techniques, and implications of his art.