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Henry James In search of the real Henry James BOOKS & IDEAS

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 20071222
Author:David Leavitt The New York Times Media Group

David Leavitt The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
12-22-2007
Henry James In search of the real Henry James BOOKS & IDEAS
Byline: David Leavitt The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

Henry James

The Mature Master
By Sheldon M. NovickIllustrated.

616 pages. $35. Random House.

Reviewed by David Leavitt

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In the title essay of a collection published this year, the novelist and critic David Lodge declared 2004 to have been "The Year of Henry James." This was because 2004 saw the publication of two major "biographical" novels about James - "The ...

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