The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.

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Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the...

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the...

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is...

The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into...

The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into...