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Otra vuelta de tuerca es una de las novelas de terror más difundidas en la literatura universal y sin embargo está lejos de ser una obra inmediatamente accesible. Si bien en sus inicios fue considerada simplemente como una historia de terror o de fantasmas la critica fue redescubriendo la obra para enfatizar su pertenencia a la ficcion gotica, la inclusion de elementos sobrenaturales y las ambiguedades psicologicas.No por eso deja de contar una historia absorbente, siguiendo a una institutriz a cargo de dos niños en una gran mansion en la campiña inglesa que parece estar embrujada. Si bien el argumento es simple, los detalles de la descripcion y la narracion en primera persona van conformando un mundo que puede inspirar terror de manera genuina. Eso le ha valido numerosas adaptaciones al cine, al teatro, y a la television.La prosa de Henry James es rica y erudita, los lectores van a beneficiarse de esta nueva traduccion al español que ha tenido en cuenta las ambiguedades del texto, permitiendo toda su riqueza psicologica.

Daisy Miller, scritto nel 1878, e considerato uno dei capolavori dello scrittore americano Henry James. Ritratto intenso di una giovane americana che, nella buona societa europea (la trama si dipana dalla Svizzera alla stupenda e decadente Roma dei papi), viene giudicata troppo libera (se ne va a passeggio per Roma dopo il tramonto, sola con un giovanotto che non e nemmeno il suo fidanzato...) e quindi imperdonabilmente poco seria, e messa al bando; solo dopo la sua morte improvvisa sapremo, insieme al protagonista narratore, che Daisy era assolutamente innocente, non una civetta o peggio, ma semplicemente una ragazza libera, indipendente, spontanea e disinteressata, amante del passeggiare e vagabondare, oppressa dai lacci delle convenzioni sociali che imprigionavano le donne. Eroina femminista ante litteram, Daisy viene posta, dalla narrazione del co-protagonista Winterbourne, in una situazione culturale considerata "naturale" nella cultura patriarcale, fino allinvisibilita: la donna, priva di voce e di pensiero, oggetto dinterpretazione e di giudizio; luomo, detentore dellautorita del punto di vista, titolato a interpretare e giudicare.Questo Audio-eBook e in formato EPUB 3. Un Audio-eBook contiene sia laudio che il testo e quindi permette di leggere, di ascoltare e di leggere+ascoltare in sincronia. Puo essere letto e ascoltato su eReader, tablet, smartphone e PC.

Illustrator: Joseph Pennell

The Complete Novels of Henry James serves as a comprehensive collection, capturing the intricate narratives and psychological depth that characterize Jamess oeuvre. Spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this anthology encompasses notable works such as "The Portrait of a Lady" and "The Turn of the Screw," showcasing his distinctive literary style marked by complex characterizations and a keen exploration of the human psyche. Through his sophisticated prose and masterful use of ambiguity, James delves into themes of identity, morality, and the transatlantic experience, reflecting the cultural tensions of his time and the evolving landscape of modern literature. Henry James, an American expatriate, was deeply influenced by his experiences in Europe, which shaped his literary perspective and thematic preoccupations. Born in 1843 to a prominent intellectual family, James traversed the landscapes of both American and European societies, allowing him to critique and illuminate the contrasts between them. His exploration of consciousness and the intricacies of human relationships is informed by his rich background in philosophy and psychology, culminating in works that resonate with the complexities of individual experience. For those seeking a profound examination of the human condition through the lens of rich narrative style and psychological depth, The Complete Novels of Henry James is indispensable. This collection invites readers to immerse themselves in the nuanced worlds crafted by one of literary historys most astute observers, encouraging a dialogue between past and present and inspiring introspection on the nature of existence.

Henry Jamess 1898 novella In the Cage (written in the same year as the more well-known The Turn of the Screw) is a sly, slight, vaguely sentimental work but one that acts as a fine introduction to this most convoluted of writers. Exact ("exacting" yet with a pointillists precision) is the word most often used to describe Jamess prose but very often the modern reader will find his hesitant, pedantic, clause-heavy sentences difficult to follow, overlong and tortuously complex. But the key to reading and enjoying James is in succumbing to those very sentences, allowing his perfect ear and fine metre to establish its own rhythm, letting it guide ones response to his beautiful, matchless use of language. In the Cage tells the story of a young women, the "betrothed of Mr Mudge", who works at a post-office counter sending telegrams mostly from the "idle rich" to their fellows to arrange their meetings, parties and other affairs. Concerned, as ever, with the plight of the not so well-to-do--and particularly the role and circumstances of women--James finely delineates our heroines increasing preoccupation with Captain Everard for whom she sends a considerable number of messages and about whom she has increasingly warm thoughts: "people of her sort... didnt count as infidelity, counted only as something else: she might have been curious, since it came to that, to see exactly as what".

Cuentos luminosos reúne cuatro de los primeros relatos escritospor James, hoy quizá menos conocidos. En el primero de ellos,«Historia de una obra maestra» (1868), un viudo rico y distinguido que se h