The Death of the Lion
Written by Henry James
Narrated by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe
4/5
()
About this audiobook
His youth was spent travelling with his family receiving what was an "extraordinarily haphazard and promiscuous" education as they journeyed through London, Paris, Geneva, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Newport, Rhode Island, according to the father's current interests and publishing ventures. James studied primarily with tutors and only briefly attended schools.
Undoubtedly the quality of his writing has ensured his name is enshrined in the American literary tradition.
James was a committed Anglophile and spent most of his adult life as an expatriate in Europe. Many of his novels juxtapose the Old World with the New World. Classics such as ‘The Portrait of a Lady’, ‘Daisy Miller’ and ‘The Ambassadors’, display the entanglement between American and European cultures and mentalities. They highlight the differences between the two worlds through following the experiences of American expatriates in Europe.
A prolific author he was able to easily move across genres to create vivid and totally real worlds and situations and to offer sophisticated observations of human relations as well as realistic, social criticism.
As a critic James was unafraid to venture into reviews and essays of those other literary giants around him. These together with his short stories and, of course, classic novels, make Henry James an author to be not only admired but read, and read often.
In 1915 Henry James became a British citizen.
On 28th February 1916, at the age of 72, Henry James died in Chelsea, London.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912 and 1916. He never won.
The Death of the Lion is a formidable short story with a sharply comic view of the literary "lionization" of an author by many who know little of his work. It is a situation Henry James himself was often in.
Henry James
Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author and master of literary realism. He split his time between America and Europe, eventually settling in England. Consequently, his novels are known for their interactions between American and European characters. He was one first American novelists to explore first-person consciousness and perception.
More audiobooks from Henry James
The American Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Classic Tales of Horror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Turn of the Screw Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Golden Bowl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Portrait of a Lady Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection: Novels and Stories from Poe; M.R. James, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and more Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Death of the Lion
Related audiobooks
The British Short Story - Volume 3 – Anthony Trollope to Hesba Stratton Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Irremediable: A Woman in Pursuit Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lazarus (CopyrightGroup) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Youth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hurly Burly and Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Yellow Book - Vol 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoderick Random (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoderick Hudson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Tragic Muse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Virginia Woolf: 3 Essays on Dostoyevsky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Top 10 Short Stories - Guy de Maupassant: The top ten short stories written by French realist and naturalist Guy de Maupassant. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings6 Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Aspern Papers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dubliners Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Beast in the Jungle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Odour of Chrysanthemums Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Reverberator Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWashington Square Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5John Galsworthy - The Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWithin a Budding Grove – Part 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Flower Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsB. J. Harrison Reads Head and Shoulders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTorrents of Spring Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The District Doctor: A Turgenev Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Balzac, Maupassant & Flaubert: 3 Best French Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Virgin and the Gypsy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Awkward Age: Unabridged Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Literary Fiction For You
Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellowface: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lady Tan's Circle of Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious People: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Keeper of Lost Things: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Death of the Lion
1 rating0 reviews