The Point of View by Henry James, Fiction, Classics, Literary

Henry James is a writer still critically acclaimed and best remembered nowadays for novels like What Maisie Knew and Portrait of a Lady. He was a writer who often touched on themes involving differences between the Old and New Worlds -- but even more he wrote of consciousness and morality. He& 39;s memorable of those -- and for his imaginative narrative style and unreliable narrators.Point of View takes form as a series of letters written by European characters visiting America to their counterparts in Europe. He juxtaposes the different points of view, so to speak, by using various characters& 39; perception of the New World.