Short Stories, Volume 3

Short Stories, Volume 3 is a collection of twenty-one short stories and novellas by American-British author Henry James, widely regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language. This volume gathers many of his later and more psychologically complex shorter works, marked by subtle irony, moral tension, and refined narrative technique.

The stories included are: The Coxon Fund; The Altar of the Dead; The Next Time; Glasses; The Figure in the Carpet; The Way It Came; Covering End; Paste; The Tree of Knowledge; Mrs. Medwin; The Beldonald Holbein; The Story in It; Flickerbridge; The Birthplace; The Beast in the Jungle; Julia Bride; The Jolly Corner; The Velvet Glove; Crapy Cornelia; The Bench of Desolation; and A Round of Visits.