the Henry James
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tale :
The middle years
(7500 words, 1893)
available variants :
(source details) 		magazine text
first book text
New York edition text 		(sample variant texts)
The novels and stories of Henry James : new and complete edition / [edited by Percy Lubbock]. – London : Macmillan, 1921–23. – (Edel & Laurence ref. A86);   Vol. 21,   pages 67–92
New York edition text
The short stories of Henry James / selected and edited with an introduction by Clifton Fadiman. – New York : Random House, 1945. – Re-issued in Modern library giants series (as number G11) in 1948;   pages 293–317
New York edition text;   introduction, note on each tale
Ten short stories of Henry James / selected, with an introduction, by Michael Swan. – London : John Lehmann, 1948;   pages 192–209
first book text;   introduction
Selected short stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction by Quentin Anderson. – New York : Rinehart, 1950. – (Rinehart editions ; 31). – LC card no. 50-014135
[ New York edition text ? ];   introduction, bibliographical note
Selected short stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction by Quentin Anderson. – Revised [and enlarged] ed. - New York : Rinehart, 1957. – (Rinehart editions ; 31). – LC card no. 57-009639. – ISBN 0-03-007745-1. – First ed., 1950;   pages 145–166
New York edition text;   introduction, bibliographical note
Selected stories / Henry James ; chosen with an introduction by Gerard Hopkins. – London : OUP, 1957. – (The world’s classics ; 557);   pages 114–139
New York edition text;   introduction, notes
Fifteen short stories / by Henry James ; edited and with an introduction by Morton Dauwen Zabel. – New York : Bantam Books, 1961. – (Bantam classics ; SC84);   pages 232–250
New York edition text;   introduction, bibliography
The complete tales of Henry James / edited with an introduction by Leon Edel. – London : Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962–64. – (Edel & Laurence ref. A105);   Vol. 9,   pages 53–76
first book text;   brief introduction
The Aspern papers ; and other stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by Adrian Poole. – Oxford : OUP, 1983. – (The world’s classics). – ISBN 0-19-281622-5. – Re-issued as an Oxford world’s classics in 2000;   pages 135–154
New York edition text;   introduction, extract from James’s preface, notes
Henry James’ shorter masterpieces / edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Rawlings. – Brighton : Harvester Press ; Totowa, NJ : Barnes & Noble, 1984. – ISBN 0-7108-0668-X, 0-7108-0673-6 (pbk.) (UK); 0-389-20502-8, 0-389-20504-4 (pbk.) (US);   Vol. 1,   pages 103–126
first book text;   introduction, notes
Tales of Henry James : the texts of the tales, the author on his craft, background and criticism / selected and edited by Christof Wegelin. – New York ; London : Norton, 1984. – (Norton critical editions). – ISBN 0-393-01824-5, 0-393-95359-9 (pbk.);   pages 260–276
first book text;   introduction, notes, relevant notebook entries, relevant James letters, critical essays
The figure in the carpet ; and other stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by Frank Kermode. – London : Penguin, 1986. – ISBN 0-14-043255-8;   pages 235–258 in print
£ 10·99, $ 12·95
New York edition text;   introduction, extract from James’s preface, notes
Complete stories 1892–1898 / Henry James. – New York : The library of America, 1996. – (The library of America ; 82). – ISBN 1-883011-09-4;   pages 335–355 in print
$ 35·00
first book text;   notes
Collected stories / Henry James ; selected and introduced by John Bayley. – London : David Campbell Publishers, 1999. – (Everyman’s library). – ISBN 1-85715-785-0 (v. 1), 1-85715-786-9 (v.  2), 1-85715-244-1 (2 vols in slipcase)   also New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. – ISBN 0-375-40935-1 (v. 1), 0-375-40936-X (v. 2);   Vol. 2,   pages 103–123 in print
£ 12·50, $ 30·00 each
first book text;   introduction
Major stories and essays / Henry James. – New York : The library of America, 1999. – (The library of America college editions). – ISBN 1-883011-75-2 [also contains selected critical essays by James] in print
$ 35·00
text state not known;   notes
Selected tales / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Lyon. – London : Penguin, 2001. – (Penguin classics). – ISBN 0-14-043694-4;   pages 239–254 in print
£ 14·99, $ 14·00
New York edition text;   introduction, chronology, bibliography, notes
Tales of Henry James : the texts of the tales, the author on his craft, criticism. – 2nd ed. / selected and edited by Christof Wegelin and Henry B. Wonham. – New York ; London : Norton, 2003. – (Norton critical editions). – ISBN 0-393-97710-2 (pbk.);   pages 211–228 in print
£ 9·95, $ 16·75
first book text;   introduction, notes, relevant notebook entries, relevant James letters, critical essays
The portable Henry James / edited with an introduction by John Auchard. – New York ; London : Penguin, 2004. – (Penguin classics). – ISBN 0-14-243767-0;   pages 106–126 in print
£ 12·99, $ 18·00
first book text;   introduction, bibliography
Terminations / Henry James. – Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. – (Pine Street books). – A facsimile reprint of the Harper 1895 source edition. – ISBN 0-8122-1893-0;   pages 151–183 in print
£ 10·50, $ 15·95
first book text
The Aspern papers ; and other stories / by Henry James. – Stilwell, KS : Digireads.com, 2008. – ISBN 1-4209-3140-7;   pages 83–95 in print
£ 4·99
first book text
The Aspern papers ; and other stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by Adrian Poole. – Oxford : OUP, 2009. – (Oxford world’s classics). – ISBN 978-0-19-953855-3. – Reissue of the 2000 reprint of the 1983 ed.;   pages 135–154 in print
£ 5·99
New York edition text;   introduction, extract from James’s preface, notes

known etexts for
The middle years

source text spelling prepared by available at
New York edition text American Richard Hathaway State University of New York, New Paltz
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