Henry James
/ˌhenri ˈdʒeɪmz/
/ˌhenri ˈdʒeɪmz/
- (1843-1916) a writer, born in the US, whose novels are often about Americans in Europe. They contrast the Americans' innocent ideas with the Europeans' understanding of the world. James settled in London in 1876 and became British in 1915. His novels include Daisy Miller (1879), Portrait of a Lady (1881), the ghost story The Turn of the Screw (1898), The Wings of a Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). Several of them have been made into films.
see also Jamesian亨利·詹姆斯(Henry James):(1843-1916)是一位出生于美国的作家,其小说通常是关于欧洲的美国人。他们将美国人的无辜思想与欧洲人对世界的理解进行了对比。詹姆斯(James)于1876年在伦敦定居,并于1915年成为英国人。他的小说包括戴西·米勒(Daisy Miller)(1879),《淑女肖像》(1881),幽灵故事《螺丝的转弯》(1898),《鸽子的翅膀》(1902),大使(1903)和金碗(1904)。他们中有几个被拍成电影了。