Publisher's Synopsis
Italian Hours (1919) by Henry James - "Their habitations are decayed; their taxes heavy; their pockets light; their opportunities few...." So begins Henry James's chapter on Venice, part of his delightful book of travel writing published initially in 1909. The essays within span a time period of 40 years and a country James knew and loved. American-British author Henry James (1843-1916) was regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, best known for his books dealing with the interplay between Americans, the English, and the continental Europeans. His novella The Turn of the Screw is one of the most analysed ghost stories in the English language. He was born in the United States and became a British subject in 1915. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912 and 1916.
