Henry James

Welcome to HuffPost DC and Our 'City of Conversation'

Michael Grass | Posted 11.14.2011

Michael Grass

As Henry James wrote, "Washington talks about herself, and about nothing else." At HuffPost DC, we hope to make sense of all that conversation, and host the discussion, too.

Famous Authors Related by Blood or Marriage

Dave Astor | Posted 10.21.2011

Dave Astor

The Bronte sisters weren't alone in blood being as thick as ink.

Top 10 Tales Of Americans In Europe

guardian.co.uk | Esi Edugyan | Posted 09.12.2011

From Henry James to James Baldwin, the novelist chooses the best books exploring the New World's romance with 'that dazzling, elusive, imaginary place...

Turn of the Screw Gets a Stunning New Turn at LA Opera

Rodney Punt | Posted 05.25.2011

Rodney Punt

The Turn of the Screw's LA Opera production is a game-changer. Its musical realization is first rate, allowing the work to shine as a towering masterpiece.

The Droll Insight Of Trollope

Richard C. Morais | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard C. Morais

To be so amused and enlightened by the political machinations of the Barchester clergy is priceless. But to do so for the price of a Taco Bell burrito makes this Kindle offer one of the best bargains around.

Exclusive Interview

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen.

Confessions of a Book Slut

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

Lev Raphael

For as long as I can remember, I was a monogamous reader. I'd start a book and read it straight through no matter how much time that took. Now I'm a book slut.

Penguin Re-Releases The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Cynthia Ellis

Reading The Woman in White is not unlike being in a cage surrounded by sharks, if you could somehow eat crème brulee at the same time. It is exquisitely uncomfortable.

Top 10 Ghost Stories

guardian.co.uk | Kate Mosse | Posted 05.25.2011

The celebrated author of novels such as "The House of Mirth", Wharton was also a terrific writer of ghostly tales. A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry...

Henry James Meets Jack the Ripper -- Maybe

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Hoenig

Admittedly, I do not read many mysteries, but this particular one, which is steeped in history and offers another consideration on who the notorious murderer may have been, had me intrigued.

From Jane Austen to Henry James: A Writer’s Journey

Paula Marantz Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Paula Marantz Cohen

Jane Austen, with her elegant novelistic structure and unerring wit, was my first teacher. My greatest influence in the realm of ideas was Henry James.

Top 10 Unreliable Narrators

The Guardian | Henry Sutton | Posted 05.25.2011

Something strange happened to unreliable narrators in the mid-20th century: they became a little more reliably unreliable, and a lot nastier. In the l...

The Awkward Age

Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.17.2011

Daniel Krotz

I'm caught between a lingering fantasy of a Roman Holiday, and the aspirations of a Care Consultant who hopes I am infirm enough to require batteries for effective locomotion. Goodness, what an awkward age!

Video Books, or Vooks: Do We Need to Watch Books as Well as Read Them?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

David Finkle

It would be a sin -- practically a capital crime -- to write off masterpieces because no one has the patience for the sentences Marcel Proust had the patience to craft so scrupulously.

Unrequited Love: Is There Ever an Upside?

Robert Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Fuller

No suitor wants to admit it, but those who don't return our love often give us something as valuable as those who do.

Hillary + Obama = High Drama

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington

Hillary's appointment isn't even official, but the Obama/Clinton narrative has already left the realm of politics. Its twists, turns, shadings, and complex emotions are the stuff of literature.