The Sense of the Past / Complete Stories
Henry James · 1964
James's shorter fiction includes some of his most focused work: "The Turn of the Screw" (a novella), "The Beast in the Jungle," "The Jolly Corner." The psychological interiority he developed shaped the entire modernist project.
The case against
Late James writes sentences that double back on themselves before settling, and the shorter fiction offers very little overt event in return for the effort. 'The Beast in the Jungle' is, by design, the story of a man to whom nothing happens. Admirable as method; airless as reading. The ambiguity of 'The Turn of the Screw' has frustrated readers as often as it has fascinated them.
Short Stories · the Pro canon
The case for it and the rest of the canon open with Pro.
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