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So, I've read "The American" (which was brilliant) and Daisy Miller which was also great. Where do I go for here? I tried "The Ambassadors" but the prose is too dense, I couldn't handle it.

>> No.12747092

>>12747067
>for
from*

>> No.12747097

Turn of the Screw

>> No.12747202

he was a brainlet and a pseud

>> No.12747276

>>12747067
Only read Portrait of the Lady but, considering a lot outlines his understanding of fiction and the novel, recommend you try that one out. Golden Bowl is also considered his best work. Bostonians is also recommended.

>> No.12748036

>>12747067
I'd go with portrait of a lady. It's the only one I've read and I'm no James expert, but I found it to be enjoyable. The prose can be monstrous at times and it does take effort to read James but I think it's worth it.

>> No.12749483

>>12747067
I'd do Washington Square next so far as reading a novel is concerned. The shorts Aspern Papers, Beast in the Jungle, and Turn of the Screw should be read- the latter as good a prep there is for tackling the great later novels.

>> No.12749637
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12749637

>>12747067
I only read a few short 'ghost stories' and di'nt enjoy them that much. I guess you guys are right and Portrait of a Lady is a good start.

>> No.12749762

>>12749637
Damn, homie, didn't realize there was a chart for my boy HJ.

>> No.12749826

I'm reading wings of the dove right now. Only problem with James is that it can take like 10 minutes to untangle a single pages syntax

>> No.12750545

>>12749826
>problem
Also the pleasure. Part of the joy of James is solving the syntactic puzzles, like teasing out all the references in Joyce or Pynchon. The literary equivalent of mastering a tricky piano etude - the answer is always there, he never gives you an impossible challenge.
>>12749637
Glad to see a chart. His catalogue is so huge, you could read a James every couple months and still take years before you had to reread