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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:James, Henry

James, Henry
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Criticism, Character Analyses and Critical Commentary

James's Preface To The New York Edition Of The Novel.

In the "Preface" to the New York Edition of the Novels and Tales (see
above in Introduction, "The Jamesian Novel"), James provided several insights
into the composition and development of the novel that are very useful to the
reader who wishes to analyze the work. James asserted that his subject was a
single character, Isabel Archer, and most readers see that very quickly. It
was her particular and special personality that constituted the basis of the

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