{"product_id":"9781598534719","title":"Henry James: Autobiographies (Loa #274): A Small Boy and Others \/ Notes of a Son and Brother \/ The Middle Years \/ Other Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most extensive collection of Henry James's autobiographical writings ever published offers a revelatory self-portrait from one of America's supreme novelists and his famous family.\u003c\/b\u003e In 1911, deeply affected by the death of his brother William the year before, Henry James began working on a book about his early life. As was customary for James in his later years, he dictated his recollections to his secretary Theodora Bosanquet, who recalled how “a straight dive into the past brought to the surface treasure after treasure.” \u003ci\u003eA Small Boy and Others \u003c\/i\u003e(1913) and the two autobiographical books that followed—\u003ci\u003eNotes of a Son and Brother \u003c\/i\u003e(1914) and the incomplete, posthumously published \u003ci\u003eThe Middle Years\u003c\/i\u003e—stand with his later novels as one of the enduring triumphs of his final years. Not only did James create one of the singular self-portraits in American literature, he also fashioned a richly detailed account of his renowned family, especially his father, the social philosopher Henry James Sr., his brother William, and his dear cousin Minny Temple, inspiration for the heroines of two of his greatest novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRounding out the volume is a selection of eight other personal reminiscences and, as an appendix, his secretary’s insightful and affectionate memoir, “Henry James at Work.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046900580592,"sku":"9781598534719","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598534719_p0.jpg?v=1763815073","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598534719","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}