Daniel Karlin is Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol and a world-leading authority on nineteenth-century British and American literature. He has taught in both the UK and USA, including Boston University.

'… magnificently comprehensive … also allows for a fresher and fairer appraisal of the novel's achievements.' Bharat Tandon, The Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; General editors' preface; General chronology of James's life and writings; Introduction; Textual introduction; Chronology of composition and publication; The Bostonians; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants; Appendices.

Daniel Karlin is Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol and a world-leading authority on nineteenth-century British and American literature. He has taught in both the UK and USA, including Boston University.

'… magnificently comprehensive … also allows for a fresher and fairer appraisal of the novel's achievements.' Bharat Tandon, The Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; General editors' preface; General chronology of James's life and writings; Introduction; Textual introduction; Chronology of composition and publication; The Bostonians; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants; Appendices.

Daniel Karlin is Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol and a world-leading authority on nineteenth-century British and American literature. He has taught in both the UK and USA, including Boston University.

'… magnificently comprehensive … also allows for a fresher and fairer appraisal of the novel's achievements.' Bharat Tandon, The Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; General editors' preface; General chronology of James's life and writings; Introduction; Textual introduction; Chronology of composition and publication; The Bostonians; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants; Appendices.