Tales from a Master's Notebook: Stories Henry James Didn't Write

EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY PROFESSOR PHILIP HORNE

WITH A FOREWORD BY MICHAEL WOOD

When Henry James died he left behind a series of notebooks, fascinating records of his thinking and working life, which include around sixty ideas, or what James called 'germs', for fictions he didn't write. Professor Philip Horne, a renowned authority on Henry James, has commission ten authors and Jamesian enthusiasts to write new short stories based on these 'germs'. Richly suggestive and enticing, the 'germs' have inspired a collection of new and brilliant stories by some of our best writers, offering a fresh and original approach to an canonical literary author through well-known contemporary voices.

Among the authors contributing to the collection are Rose Tremain, Jonathan Coe, Paul Theroux, Amit Chaudhuri, Tessa Hadley and Giles Foden.