The Real Thing (A Collection of Short Stories) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447470133 ISBN 13: 9781447470137

Publisher: Cullen Press, 2016

Synopsis

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated to London, where he remained for the vast majority of the rest of his life, becoming a British citizen in 1915. From this point on, he was a hugely prolific author, eventually producing twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories and novellas, as well as literary criticism, plays and travelogues. Amongst James's most famous works are The Europeans (1878), Daisy Miller (1878), Washington Square (1880), The Bostonians (1886), and one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, The Turn of the Screw (1898). We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Review

Praise for The Real Thing
-In The Real Thing . . . [Stoppard] turns his attention to private passion--and he does so without mortgaging an intellect that has few equals in the contemporary theater . . . Not only Mr. Stoppard's most moving play, but also the most bracing plays that anyone has written about love and marriage in years . . . Densely and entertainingly packed with wit, ideas and feelings.---Frank Rich, New York Times
-A play of ideas, passionately held and eloquently written from start to finish . . . The Real Thing is the real thing, a play by a world-class writer, a play with insights that follow you out of the theater and deep into the night.---Los Angeles Times
-Exquisite . . . Stoppard brings head and heart, life and art together in an exhilarating way . . . The Real Thing moves with a restless energy, bouncing forward two years and complicating the action with new lovers and new plays. Stoppard works it all into a play that is at once tightly structured and expansive.---San Francisco Chronicle
-Tom Stoppard is justly renowned for his erudition and wit, but in his 1980s drama The Real Thing he also found a (philandering) heartbeat.---Entertainment Weekly
-Fidelity, love, fiction, passion, authenticity--these are just a few of the juicy issues running around Tom Stoppard's masterful 1982 marital drama . . . The Real Thing (1982) is exceedingly well made, a keen and touching study of fidelity, fiction and marital love . . . Stoppard's brainy love story melts our hearts.---Time Out New York
-This play['s] . . . intellectual pyrotechnics are matched by its heart.---Hollywood Reporter
-[An] entertaining and engaging award-winning play.---BroadwayWorld.com
-[The Real Thing] is about both love and art, and it is wise, witty, and astonishing through and through . . . Enthralling.-―Financial Times (UK)
-You couldn't ask for a more deeply felt, or more deeply affecting, drama about love than this . . . The Real Thing is indeed the genuine article--a play of strength, grace, melancholy and wit.-―Daily Telegraph (UK)
-When it comes to putting erotic love in its place, no contemporary English playwright has done so with such illuminating rigour or eloquence as Tom Stoppard.-―Evening Standard (UK)
-A heart-wrenching play . . . [and] poignant postmodern comedy.---Guardian

Praise for The Real Thing
"In The Real Thing . . . [Stoppard] turns his attention to private passion--and he does so without mortgaging an intellect that has few equals in the contemporary theater . . . Not only Mr. Stoppard's most moving play, but also the most bracing plays that anyone has written about love and marriage in years . . . Densely and entertainingly packed with wit, ideas and feelings."--Frank Rich, New York Times
"A play of ideas, passionately held and eloquently written from start to finish . . . The Real Thing is the real thing, a play by a world-class writer, a play with insights that follow you out of the theater and deep into the night."--Los Angeles Times
"Exquisite . . . Stoppard brings head and heart, life and art together in an exhilarating way . . . The Real Thing moves with a restless energy, bouncing forward two years and complicating the action with new lovers and new plays. Stoppard works it all into a play that is at once tightly structured and expansive."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Tom Stoppard is justly renowned for his erudition and wit, but in his 1980s drama The Real Thing he also found a (philandering) heartbeat."--Entertainment Weekly
"Fidelity, love, fiction, passion, authenticity--these are just a few of the juicy issues running around Tom Stoppard's masterful 1982 marital drama . . . The Real Thing (1982) is exceedingly well made, a keen and touching study of fidelity, fiction and marital love . . . Stoppard's brainy love story melts our hearts."--Time Out New York
"This play['s] . . . intellectual pyrotechnics are matched by its heart."--Hollywood Reporter
"[An] entertaining and engaging award-winning play."--BroadwayWorld.com
"[The Real Thing] is about both love and art, and it is wise, witty, and astonishing through and through . . . Enthralling."―Financial Times (UK)
"You couldn't ask for a more deeply felt, or more deeply affecting, drama about love than this . . . The Real Thing is indeed the genuine article--a play of strength, grace, melancholy and wit."―Daily Telegraph (UK)
"When it comes to putting erotic love in its place, no contemporary English playwright has done so with such illuminating rigour or eloquence as Tom Stoppard."―Evening Standard (UK)
"A heart-wrenching play . . . [and] poignant postmodern comedy."--Guardian

Praise for The Real Thing

"In The Real Thing . . . [Stoppard] turns his attention to private passion--and he does so without mortgaging an intellect that has few equals in the contemporary theater . . . Not only Mr. Stoppard's most moving play, but also the most bracing plays that anyone has written about love and marriage in years . . . Densely and entertainingly packed with wit, ideas and feelings."--Frank Rich, New York Times

"A play of ideas, passionately held and eloquently written from start to finish . . . The Real Thing is the real thing, a play by a world-class writer, a play with insights that follow you out of the theater and deep into the night."--Los Angeles Times

"Exquisite . . . Stoppard brings head and heart, life and art together in an exhilarating way . . . The Real Thing moves with a restless energy, bouncing forward two years and complicating the action with new lovers and new plays. Stoppard works it all into a play that is at once tightly structured and expansive."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Tom Stoppard is justly renowned for his erudition and wit, but in his 1980s drama The Real Thing he also found a (philandering) heartbeat."--Entertainment Weekly

"Fidelity, love, fiction, passion, authenticity--these are just a few of the juicy issues running around Tom Stoppard's masterful 1982 marital drama . . . The Real Thing (1982) is exceedingly well made, a keen and touching study of fidelity, fiction and marital love . . . Stoppard's brainy love story melts our hearts."--Time Out New York

"This play['s] . . . intellectual pyrotechnics are matched by its heart."--Hollywood Reporter

"[An] entertaining and engaging award-winning play."--BroadwayWorld.com

"[The Real Thing] is about both love and art, and it is wise, witty, and astonishing through and through . . . Enthralling."―Financial Times (UK)

"You couldn't ask for a more deeply felt, or more deeply affecting, drama about love than this . . . The Real Thing is indeed the genuine article--a play of strength, grace, melancholy and wit."―Daily Telegraph (UK)

"When it comes to putting erotic love in its place, no contemporary English playwright has done so with such illuminating rigour or eloquence as Tom Stoppard."―Evening Standard (UK)

"A heart-wrenching play . . . [and] poignant postmodern comedy."--Guardian

About the Author

Tom Stoppard is the author of such seminal works as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Invention of Love, and the trilogy The Coast of Utopia. His screen credits include Parade's End, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma, Empire of the Sun, and Anna Karenina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cullen Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447470133
• ISBN 13: 9781447470137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256