The Literature Network - FICTION; The master at midlife; Irish novelist Colm Toibin uses the known facts about Henry James to paint a captivating portrait of the writer's interior self during a dark period in his life.(ENTERTAINMENT)

FICTION; The master at midlife; Irish novelist Colm Toibin uses the known facts about Henry James to paint a captivating portrait of the writer's interior self during a dark period in his life.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Content courtesy of

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20040606
Author:Peck, Claude

Byline: Claude Peck; Staff Writer

Poor Henry. Novelist Henry James appeared to have it all. He grew up in a monied, brainy New England family. He attended Harvard, traveled extensively after college and lived mostly abroad, usually with a couple of servants. In his late middle age, he bought a big house with a garden in Rye, England, where he settled in comfortably to write and receive visitors. The author of "Daisy Miller" and "The Bostonians" found a measure of literary fame in his lifetime.

The only thing missing was contentment. That, anyway, is the sense one gets in ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

FICTION; The master at midlife; Irish novelist Colm Toibin uses the known facts about Henry James to paint a captivating portrait of the writer's interior self during a dark period in his life.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Other Articles on Henry James