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"Every one asks me what I 'think' of everything," said Spencer Brydon; "and I make answer as I can-begging or dodging the question, putting them off with any nonsense. It wouldn't matter to any of them really," he went on, "for, even were it possible to meet in that stand-and-deliver... Read Full Overview

"The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew... Read Full Overview

Henry James OM (1843-1916) was an Anglo-American novelist. He was one of the most important literary people of the late 19th century. James was the son of Henry James Senior, a clergyman, and the brother of William James, the psychologist and philosopher. He grew up mostly in... Read Full Overview

The Jolly Corner by Henry James tells the story of Spencer Brydon who returns to New York City after thirty-three years overseas. He has returned to take care of his property, two buildings, one his childhood home on "the jolly corner." This is a classic tale told by one of the... Read Full Overview

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It was after this that there was most of a virtue for him, most of a cultivated charm, most of a preposterous secret thrill, in the particular form of surrender to his obsession and of address to what he more and more believed to be his privilege. It was what in these weeks he... Read Full Overview

"The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew... Read Full Overview

It had begun to be present to him after the first fortnight, it had broken out with the oddest abruptness, this particular wanton wonderment: it met him there-and this was the image under which he himself judged the matter, or at least, not a little, thrilled and flushed with... Read Full Overview

The Jolly Corner is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, The Jolly Corner describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up... Read Full Overview

The great fact all the while, however, had been the incalculability; since he had supposed himself, from decade to decade, to be allowing, and in the most liberal and intelligent manner, for brilliancy of change. He actually saw that he had allowed for nothing; he missed what... Read Full Overview

Henry James was an American born writer who spent most of his life in Britain. Because of that James often wrote novels about Americans traveling to Europe and their encounters with Europeans.

"The Jolly Corner" from Henry James. American writer (1843-1916).

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

It had begun to be present to him after the first fortnight, it had broken out with the oddest abruptness, this particular wanton wonderment: it met him there-and this was the image under which he himself judged the matter, or at least, not a little, thrilled and flushed with... Read Full Overview

"Every one asks me what I 'think' of everything," said Spencer Brydon; "and I make answeras I can-begging or dodging the question, putting them off with any nonsense. It wouldn'tmatter to any of them really," he went on, "for, even were it possible to meet in that standand-deliver... Read Full Overview