Judith Martin | 06/11/2009 11:00 pm
Judith Martin Reflects on Two of Her Favorite Henry James Stories
In response to: What is your favorite short story of all time?
Read with caution: Henry James’s The Altar of the Dead. It always makes me cry. For relief I turn to his The Death of the Lion for the best description of the sort of newspaper editor I used to work for, one whose "sincerity took the form of ringing doorbells and whose definition of genius was the art of finding people at home."
Read more about: Books, Goodbye Columbus, Henry James, Jack London, Philip Roth, Shirley Jackson, Short Stories, The Altar of the Dead, The Death of the Lion, The Lottery, To Build a Fire
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