merican-born writer, gifted with talents in literature, psychology, and philosophy. James wrote 20 novels, 112 stories, 12 plays and works of literary criticism. Among James's most famous literary works are The Europeans, his commercial success Daisy Miller, the critically acclaimed Washington Square, The Bostonians, and The Turn of the Screw. A collection of James's essays containing: Alfred de Musset; Theophile Gautier; Charles Baudelaire; Honore de Balzac; Balzac's Letters; George Sand; Charles de Bernard and Gustave Flaubert; Ivan Turgenieff; The Two Amperes; Madame de Sabran; Merimee's Letters; and The Theatre Francais.