Watch and Ward

by Henry James

Overview

Disturbed at his hotel by a pistol shot, Roger Lawrence discovers the body of a man he had earlier refused to help, who has now killed himself. At his side is his daughter, who Roger, overcome with horror and moved by her plight, ends up adopting. As she blossoms, could she become the perfect wife?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781976411892
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/14/2017
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

JAY S. SPINA is an adjunct professor at Salem State University. He has worked as an editorial assistant on The Complete Letters of Henry James. He has also published a variorum e-text of Henry James's Watch and Ward (2006).

PIERRE A. WALKER is professor of English at Salem State University. He is the author of Reading Henry James in French Cultural Contexts (1995), editor of Henry James on Culture (2004), creator of dearhenryjames.org, co-general editor of the nine volumes of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1855–1880 (2006–2015) and general editor emeritus of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880–1915 (2016–). He is a past president of the Henry James Society and, in addition to publishing on James in numerous journals and book collections, has also published on literary theory, African American literature, and Edith Wharton.

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1843

Date of Death:

February 28, 1916

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Attended school in France and Switzerland; Harvard Law School, 1862-63

Table of Contents

General editors' preface; General chronology of James' life and writings; Introduction; Contemporary reception of Watch and Ward; Textual introduction; Chronology of composition and production; Bibliography; Watch and Ward; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants; Emendations.

Editorial Reviews

‘…both newly and fastidiously informative about the novel’s contextual and compositional history.’ Times Literary Supplement

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