Title: Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age Author: Peter Brooks Genre: Literary Biography / Cultural Criticism / Travel Literature Publication Date: 2025 available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3GF7A0U

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Step back in time with Henry James Comes Home, a captivating exploration of legendary novelist Henry James's return to America after two decades abroad. In 1904-1905, at the height of his fame as "the master," the 61-year-old James embarked on a bold, continental adventure across the United States, from Florida to California, the Midwest to the East Coast. Peter Brooks draws on James's letters, notebooks, essays, and the resulting travelogue, The American Scene, to recreate this extraordinary journey and delve into James's insightful, often critical ...