Henry James was born on April 15, 1843 in New York City, NY. American-born British author who wrote The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The American. He is considered a key figure in 19th-century literary realism.
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💰Henry James Net worth: $4.5 million
About
American-born British author who wrote The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The American. He is considered a key figure in 19th-century literary realism.
Before Fame
He enrolled in Harvard Law School at age nineteen, but devoted himself to a literary career after publishing his first short story, A Tragedy of Error, at the age of twenty-one.
Trivia
A prolific author, he published over twenty novels and more than a hundred novellas and short stories over the course of his nearly fifty-year career.
Family Life
He was the brother of the renowned Philosopher and Psychologist, William James. He also had a sister, Alice, who achieved a degree of posthumous fame for her published diary.
Associated With
He influenced the literary development and writing style of author Virginia Woolf.
