‘Owen Wingrave’ by Henry James
in : The graphic, Christmas issue, 28 November 1892,
pages 11, 14, 15, 18, 22, 26 and 30
comment
The private life; The wheel of time; [etc.] / by Henry James. - London : Osgood, McIlvaine, 1893. - 331 p. ; 20 cm. – pages 279-331
contents: The private life; The wheel of time; Lord Beaupré; The visits; Collaboration; Owen Wingrave
containing the first book publication in the U.K., issued on 1893-06-03 at price 5/-, in an edition of 1000 copies
The wheel of time; Collaboration; Owen Wingrave / by Henry James. - New York : Harper & Brothers, 1893. - iv, 220 p. ; 18 cm. – pages not known
contents: The wheel of time; Collaboration; Owen Wingrave
the first American book publication was in this volume, issued 1893-09-26, the second of the two titles covering the contents of the London version, an unknown print-run retailing at $1.00
The altar of the dead; [etc.] / by Henry James. - New York : Scribner’s ; London : Macmillan, 1909. - xxxii, 544 p.; 22 cm. - (The novels and tales of Henry James: New York edition; Vol. 17) – pages 269-319
contents: The altar of the dead, The beast in the jungle, The birthplace, The private life, Owen Wingrave, The real right thing, The friends of the friends, Sir Edmund Orme, The jolly corner, Julia Bride
James made further revisions for his definitive collected edition
for subsequent reprints of this tale see the
relevant page
of my index to Henry James’s tales in collections
‘Preface’ by Henry James
in : The altar of the dead; [etc.]
(New York edition), – see
above;
reprinted in : The art of the novel: critical prefaces / by Henry
James, with an introduction by Richard P. Blackmur. - New York ;
London : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934. - xli, 348 p.; 22 cm.
– pages 241-266
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Owen Wingrave
on
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