Oxford World's Classics The Tale of Sinuhe, (Paperback)

from michaelm42071

Felix Young, a dilettante artist, and his sister Eugenia-Baroness Münster-descend on their American cousins the Wentworths. Eugenia is looking for money-she is about to be put away by her husband, the younger not the reigning Prince of Silberstadt-Schreckstein. Felix falls in love with Gertrude W...

from Cecilturtle

I always enjoy James's ability to capture the subtleties in his characters, to the point where as to what they are thinking or feeling - the reader must almost have an intuition more than a knowledge of what will happen next. The Baroness's interest in Robert is dubious as is Robert's; Felix and ...

from Carmenere

I rather liked this story. Some liken James to Jane Austen. In my opinion, this novella seemed more like a Shakespearian Comedy where characters are thrown together and torn apart all orchestrated by the Baroness Munster aka Eugenia and her brother Felix who have come to Boston for money and love...

from JVioland

Interesting how basic human behavior has not changed in 4,000 years. Unfortunately, the extant writings only hint at the wisdom of the Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom.

from MrsPlum

This well crafted (1878) novella was intended as a comedy, contrasting European values and manners with those of more puritanical Americans. While I can appreciate James's written style, his comedic intentions fell a little flat with me, most likely due to differences in our times. I found most o...