In 1902, towards the end of his long career and while he was working on The Wings Of The Dove, Henry James began gathering a collection of short stories which he called The Better Sort.
In 1902, towards the end of his long career and while he was working on The Wings Of The Dove, Henry James began gathering a collection of short stories which he called The Better Sort.
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The Beautiful Child by Emma Tennant Peter Owen, £9.99 Reviewed by Lesley McDowell
He had begun a story to be included in this volume, The Beautiful Child, but quickly abandoned it and left it unfinished. What was in that story and why did James abandon it so soon?
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