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An Amazing Family (2 Reviews) Leon Edel
The Three Jameses, by C. Hartley Grattan
- The Three Jameses by C. Hartley Grattan
- Threatre and Friendship by Henry James and Elizabeth Robins

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Appreciating Pritchett (Review) Leon Edel
The Living Novel and Later Appreciations, by V.S. Pritchett
- The Living Novel and Later Appreciations by V.S. Pritchett

The Art of BiographyLeon Edel
The Figure Under the Carpet

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A Backward Glance (Review) Leon Edel
Politics and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century, by John Bowle
- Politics and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century by John Bowle

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A Bat for a Butterfly (Review) Leon Edel
The Landscape and the Looking Glass, by John H. Randall III#2
- The Landscape and the Looking Glass by John H. Randall III#2

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The Beautiful and Damned (Review) Leon Edel
Invented Lives, by James R. Mellow
- Invented Lives by James R. Mellow

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Biographer's Borrowed Personality (Review) Leon Edel
James Boswell: The Earlier Years, 1740-1769, by Frederick A. Pottle
- James Boswell: The Earlier Years, 1740-1769 by Frederick A. Pottle

Books and the Arts
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Biography and the Narrator (Review) Leon Edel
The Art of Biography, by Paul Murray Kendall
- The Art of Biography by Paul Murray Kendall

Bloomsbury: A House of Lions (1979)Leon Edel
7 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Brooks as a Biographer (Review) Leon Edel
Fenollosa and His Circle, by Van Wyck Brooks
- Fenollosa and His Circle by Van Wyck Brooks

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A Buried Life (Review) Leon Edel
The Ordeal of George Meredith, by Lionel Stevenson
- The Ordeal of George Meredith by Lionel Stevenson

Books and Comment
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The Choice So Freely Made (Review) Leon Edel
The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

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City Lights (Review) Leon Edel
Walt Whitman: A Life, by Justin Kaplan
- Walt Whitman: A Life by Justin Kaplan

The Complete Notebooks of Henry James (1987)Leon Edel, Lyall H. Powers, and Henry James
2 Reviews

The Complete Plays of Henry James (1949)Leon Edel and Henry James
2 Reviews, 1 Readable

The Complete Tales of Henry James (1962)Leon Edel and Henry James
4 Reviews, 2 Readable

CorrespondenceLeon Edel and Marius Bewley

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Critic in Search of Controversy (Review) Leon Edel
The Common Pursuit, by F.R. Leavis
- The Common Pursuit by F.R. Leavis

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Critical Crotchets (Review) Leon Edel
Lectures on Russian Literature, by Vladimir Nabokov and Fredson Bowers
- Lectures on Russian Literature by Vladimir Nabokov and Fredson Bowers

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Critic's Choice of Contemporaries (Review) Leon Edel
The Modern Movement, by Cyril Connolly and William Boyd
- The Modern Movement by Cyril Connolly and William Boyd

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A Critic's Memoirs (Review) Leon Edel
Scenes and Portraits, by Van Wyck Brooks
- Scenes and Portraits by Van Wyck Brooks

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Crossing the Critics (Review) Leon Edel
Longfellow: A Full-Length Portrait, by Edward Wagenknecht
- Longfellow: A Full-Length Portrait by Edward Wagenknecht


The Diary of Alice James (1964)Leon Edel and Alice James
2 Reviews, 1 Readable


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Empathic Approach (Review) Leon Edel
Adventures of a Biographer, by Catherine Drinker Bowen
- Adventures of a Biographer by Catherine Drinker Bowen

The Fifties (1986)Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period
5 Reviews

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The Figure Under the Carpet (2 Reviews) Leon Edel
Conan Doyle, by Ronald Pearsall
- Conan Doyle by Ronald Pearsall
- Rex Stout by John J. McAleer

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A Fluid Portrait (Review) Leon Edel
Portrait of Andre Gide, by Justin O'Brien
- Portrait of Andre Gide by Justin O'Brien

The Forties (1983)Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period
7 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Four in a Circle (Review) Leon Edel
The Eccentric Design, by Marius Bewley
- The Eccentric Design by Marius Bewley

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From Notes to Novels (Review) Leon Edel
Told in Letters, by Robert Adams Day
- Told in Letters by Robert Adams Day

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The Fulgent Age of Flux (Review) Leon Edel
The Twenties, by Frederick J. Hoffman
- The Twenties by Frederick J. Hoffman

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Full-Length Prophet (Review) Leon Edel
Henry Adams: A Biography, by Elizabeth Stevenson
- Henry Adams: A Biography by Elizabeth Stevenson

The Future of the Novel (1956)Henry James and Leon Edel
Essays on the Art of Fiction
1 Review

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The Genesis of a Justice (Review) Leon Edel
Justice Holmes: The Shaping Years, 1841-1870, by Mark DeWolfe Howe
- Justice Holmes: The Shaping Years, 1841-1870 by Mark DeWolfe Howe


The Ghostly Tales of Henry James (1949)Leon Edel and Henry James
2 Reviews

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A Good Soldier Himself (Review) Leon Edel
Letters of Ford Modox Ford, by Richard M. Ludwig and Ford Madox Ford
- Letters of Ford Modox Ford by Richard M. Ludwig and Ford Madox Ford

Books
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The Group and the Salon (5 Reviews) Leon Edel
The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol I: 1888-1912, by Nigel Nicolson, Joanne Trautmann, a...
- The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol I: 1888-1912 by Nigel Nicolson, Joanne Trautmann, and Virginia Woolf, ...
- The Loving Friends by David Gadd
- The Bloomsbury Group by Stanford P. Rosenbaum
- Memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1915-1918 by Robert Gathorne-Hardy and Ottoline Morrell
- Ottoline by Sandra Jobson Darroch

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A Hard Journey to Treasure Island (Review) Leon Edel
From Scotland to Silverado, by Robert Louis Stevenson and James David Hart
- From Scotland to Silverado by Robert Louis Stevenson and James David Hart

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He Kept His Audience Well Posted (Review) Leon Edel
The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, by F.W. Dupee and Charles Dickens
- The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens by F.W. Dupee and Charles Dickens

Henry James and H. G. Wells (1958)Leon Edel, Gordon N. Ray, Henry James, and H.G. Wells, ...
A Record of Their Friendship, Their Debate on the Art of Fiction, and Their Q...
3 Reviews, 1 Readable


Henry James, Vol II (1962)Leon Edel
The Conquest of London, 1870-81
7 Reviews, 2 Readable

Henry James, Vol. I (1953)Leon Edel
The Untried Years, 1843-1870
9 Reviews, 2 Readable

Henry James, Vol. III (1962)Leon Edel
The Middle Years, 1881-95
8 Reviews, 2 Readable

Henry James, Vol. IV (1969)Leon Edel
The Treacherous Years, 1895-1901
10 Reviews, 1 Readable

Henry James, Vol. V (1972)Leon Edel
The Master, 1901-1916
6 Reviews, 2 Readable

Henry James: A Life (1985)Leon Edel
3 Reviews, 1 Readable

Henry James: Essays, English and American Writers (1984)Leon Edel, Mark Wilson, and Henry James
Literary Criticism, Vol. I
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

Henry James: European Writers and Prefaces (1985)Leon Edel, Mark Wilson, and Henry James
Literary Criticism, Vol. II
5 Reviews, 1 Readable

Henry James: Letters, Vol. I: 1843-1875 (1975)Leon Edel and Henry James
7 Reviews, 1 Readable

Henry James: Letters, Vol. III: 1883-1895 (1981)Leon Edel and Henry James
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

Henry James: Parisian Sketches (1957)Leon Edel, Ilse Dusoir Lind, and Henry James
Letters to the New York Tribune, 1875-1876
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Hostess with Most of the Great (Review) Leon Edel
Memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1873-1915, by Robert Gathorne-Hardy and Ottoline Morrell
- Memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1873-1915 by Robert Gathorne-Hardy and Ottoline Morrell

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The Important One (Review) Leon Edel
E.M. Forster: A Life, by P.N. Furbank
- E.M. Forster: A Life by P.N. Furbank

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In the Day of Poe and Melville (Review) Leon Edel
The Raven and the Whale, by Perry Miller
- The Raven and the Whale by Perry Miller

InterviewLeon Edel
The Art of Biography I

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Irish Patrician (Review) Leon Edel
George Moore: A Reconsideration, by Malcolm Brown
- George Moore: A Reconsideration by Malcolm Brown

Books and Comment
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The Isolation of James Joyce (Review) Leon Edel
Letters of James Joyce, by Stuart Gilbert and James Joyce
- Letters of James Joyce by Stuart Gilbert and James Joyce


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The James Revival (Review) Leon Edel
The James Family: A Group Biography, by F.O. Matthiessen
- The James Family: A Group Biography by F.O. Matthiessen

Symposium
Journalism and MischiefLeon Edel, Gay Talese, Eliot Fremont-Smith, and Frances FitzGerald, ...

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Journals of a Narcissist (Review) Leon Edel
The Book of Concord, by William L. Howarth
- The Book of Concord by William L. Howarth


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The Lady Was a Drifter (Review) Leon Edel
Diaries, 1915-1918, by Lady Cynthia Asquith and E.M. Horsley
- Diaries, 1915-1918 by Lady Cynthia Asquith and E.M. Horsley

Books
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Letters between two masters (Review) Leon Edel
Flaubert and Turgenev: A Friendship in Letters, by Barbara Beaumont, Gustave Flaubert, ...
- Flaubert and Turgenev: A Friendship in Letters by Barbara Beaumont, Gustave Flaubert, and Ivan Turgenev, ...



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Life Plans (Review) Leon Edel
The Double Life of Stephen Crane, by Christopher Benfey
- The Double Life of Stephen Crane by Christopher Benfey

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Life Without Father (Review) Leon Edel
The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. I: 1931-1934, by Gunther Stuhlmann and Anais Nin
- The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. I: 1931-1934 by Gunther Stuhlmann and Anais Nin

Literary Biography (1957)Leon Edel
The Alexander Lectures 1955-56
3 Reviews, 2 Readable

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Literary landscape (Review) Leon Edel
The Sixth Continent, by Iain Finlayson
- The Sixth Continent by Iain Finlayson

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Literature and Life Style (Review) Leon Edel
Beyond Culture, by Lionel Trilling
- Beyond Culture by Lionel Trilling

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The Man in the Woman (Review) Leon Edel
Willa: The Life of Willa Cather, by Phyllis C. Robinson
- Willa: The Life of Willa Cather by Phyllis C. Robinson

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A Man of Convictions (Review) Leon Edel
Ideas and Places: The Golden Horizon, by Cyril Connolly
- Ideas and Places: The Golden Horizon by Cyril Connolly

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The Measurement of an Era (Review) Leon Edel
The Energies of Art, by Jacques Barzun
- The Energies of Art by Jacques Barzun

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Men and Letters (Review) Leon Edel
In My Own Time, by John Lehmann
- In My Own Time by John Lehmann

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"Mind, No Biography..." (Review) Leon Edel
Thackeray: The Uses of Adversity, 1811-1846, by Gordon N. Ray
- Thackeray: The Uses of Adversity, 1811-1846 by Gordon N. Ray

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Miss Glasgow's Private World (Review) Leon Edel
The Woman Within, by Ellen Glasgow
- The Woman Within by Ellen Glasgow

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The "Mocking Madonna" (Review) Leon Edel
The Moth and the Star, by Aileen Pippett
- The Moth and the Star by Aileen Pippett

The Modern Psychological Novel (1959)Leon Edel
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Narcissists Need Not Apply (Review) Leon Edel
Dubin's Lives, by Bernard Malamud
- Dubin's Lives by Bernard Malamud

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"No More Opinions...No More Politics" (Review) Leon Edel
The Letters of W.B. Yeats, by Allan Wade and W.B. Yeats
- The Letters of W.B. Yeats by Allan Wade and W.B. Yeats

Books
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Of Willie's Bondage (Review) Leon Edel
Somerset Maugham: A Biography, by Ted Morgan
- Somerset Maugham: A Biography by Ted Morgan

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Personal History (Review) Leon Edel
J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals, and Writings, by Lina Fergusson Browne and J. Ro...
- J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals, and Writings by Lina Fergusson Browne and J. Ross Browne

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Plutarch's Art (Review) Leon Edel
The Nature of Biography, by John A. Garraty
- The Nature of Biography by John A. Garraty

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Poetry of Gide, Joyce and Mann (Review) Leon Edel
Three Philosophical Novelists, by Joseph G. Brennan
- Three Philosophical Novelists by Joseph G. Brennan


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Portrait of the Artist as Crab (2 Reviews) Leon Edel
Letters of James Joyce, Vol. II, by Richard Ellmann and James Joyce
- Letters of James Joyce, Vol. II by Richard Ellmann and James Joyce
- Letters of James Joyce, Vol. III by Richard Ellmann and James Joyce

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Postal Portrait (Review) Leon Edel
Letters of Ellen Glasgow, by Blair Rouse and Ellen Glasgow
- Letters of Ellen Glasgow by Blair Rouse and Ellen Glasgow

The Prefaces of Henry James (1931)Leon Edel and Henry James
1 Review

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The Price of Peace Was War (Review) Leon Edel
Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters, 1930-1939, by Nigel Nicolson and Harold Nicolson
- Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters, 1930-1939 by Nigel Nicolson and Harold Nicolson

The Psychological Novel, 1900-1950 (1955)Leon Edel
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Rage Against the Night (Review) Leon Edel
Taken Care Of, by Edith Sitwell
- Taken Care Of by Edith Sitwell

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Remembering at Middle-Age (Review) Leon Edel
The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I, by John Lehmann
- The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I by John Lehmann

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Thomas Merton: Man and Monk (Review) Leon Edel
Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya, by Simon Karlinsky, Vladimir Nabokov, and Edmund Wilson, ...
- Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya by Simon Karlinsky, Vladimir Nabokov, and Edmund Wilson, ...

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"Eberheim" (Review) Leon Edel
The Life of Katherine Mansfield, by Antony Alpers
- The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Antony Alpers

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Duly Noted (Review) Leon Edel
Early Stories of Willa Cather, by Mildred Bennett and Willa Cather
- Early Stories of Willa Cather by Mildred Bennett and Willa Cather

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Literary Crypt (Review) Leon Edel
The Journey Not the Arrival Matters, by Leonard Woolf
- The Journey Not the Arrival Matters by Leonard Woolf

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Literary Crypt (Review) Leon Edel
Memoirs, 1885-1967, by Andre Maurois
- Memoirs, 1885-1967 by Andre Maurois

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Literary Crypt (Review) Leon Edel
William Dean Howells: An American Life, by Kenneth S. Lynn
- William Dean Howells: An American Life by Kenneth S. Lynn

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Rousseau in Our Time (Review) Leon Edel
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, by Frederick Charles Green
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Frederick Charles Green

The Selected Letters of Henry James (1955)Leon Edel and Henry James
7 Reviews, 4 Readable

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She Was an Edwardian Camera (2 Reviews) Leon Edel
Pilgrimage, Vol. I, by Dorothy M. Richardson
- Pilgrimage, Vol. I by Dorothy M. Richardson
- Dorothy Richardson: An Adventure in Self-Discovery by Horace Gregory

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The Source of His Singing (Review) Leon Edel
Notes on Some Figures Behind T. S. Eliot, by Herbert Howarth
- Notes on Some Figures Behind T. S. Eliot by Herbert Howarth

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Spirals of Reason and Fancy (Review) Leon Edel
Selected Letters of Robert Frost, by Lawrance R. Thompson and Robert Frost
- Selected Letters of Robert Frost by Lawrance R. Thompson and Robert Frost

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A Stone into the Mirror (Review) Leon Edel
Edith Wharton: A Biography, by R.W.B. Lewis
- Edith Wharton: A Biography by R.W.B. Lewis

Stuff of Sleep and Dreams (1982)Leon Edel
Experiments in Literary Psychology
6 Reviews, 1 Readable

The Thirties (1980)Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period
7 Reviews, 3 Readable

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Three Poets (Review) Leon Edel
Anthony Trollope, by James Pope-Hennessy
- Anthony Trollope by James Pope-Hennessy

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Throttling the Voice of Passion (Review) Leon Edel
Byron: A Biography, by Leslie A. Marchand
- Byron: A Biography by Leslie A. Marchand


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Tolstoy's View of History (Review) Leon Edel
The Hedgehog and the Fox, by Isaiah Berlin
- The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin

The Twenties (1975)Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period
9 Reviews, 1 Readable

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The Two Flauberts (3 Reviews) Leon Edel
The Selected Letters of Gustave Flaubert, by Francis Steegmuller and Gustave Flaubert
- The Selected Letters of Gustave Flaubert by Francis Steegmuller and Gustave Flaubert
- Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
- The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas by Gustave Flaubert

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The Versatile James (Review) Leon Edel
The Portable Henry James, by Morton Dauwen Zabel and Henry James
- The Portable Henry James by Morton Dauwen Zabel and Henry James


Willa Cather: A Critical Biography (1953)E.K. Brown and Leon Edel
6 Reviews, 3 Readable

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