The Golden Bowl
by Henry James | 
Roderick Hudson
by Henry James | 
The Ivory Tower
by Henry James | 
Pandora
by Henry James | 
The Sacred Fount
by Henry James | 
Watch and Ward
by Henry James | 
A Bundle of Letters
by Henry James | 
The Confidence-Man
by Herman Melville | 
A Hazard of New Fortunes
by William Dean Howells | 
The Princess Casamassima
by Henry James | 
The Spoils of Poynton
by Henry James | 
The Ambassadors
by Henry James | 
The Rise of Silas Lapham
by William Dean Howells | 
The Europeans
by Henry James | 
The Tragic Muse
by Henry James | 
The Bostonians
by Henry James | 
Redburn
by Herman Melville | 
The American
by Henry James | 
What Maisie Knew
by Henry James | 
The Titan
by Theodore Dreiser |
Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection of the man she admires. Only an elderly bachelor, Mr Longdon, is immune to this world of greed and scheming, and determines to rescue Nanda from its corrupting influences out of loyalty to the deep love he once felt for her grandmother. In The Awkward Age (1899), Henry James explores the English character, and the clash between old and new money with a light and subtly ironic touch to create a devastating critique of society and its machinations.