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As indispensable today as it was when first published in 1879, Henry James’s critical biography of his predecessor, Nathaniel Hawthorne, has achieved canonical status among students of American literature. Hawthorne is an examination of one great American writer’s life and work by another.
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Henry James (1843–1916) was an American writer, highly regarded as one of the key proponents of literary realism, as well as for his contributions to literary criticism. His writing centres on the clash and overlap between Europe and America, and The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as his most notable work.
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