The Princess Casamassima Author:Henry James "A brilliant book, quite unlike any other he wrote, a book in the broad English tradition of Dickens and Thackeray,...James went further in the way of observation in this than in any other book. For once, he painted in the whole background of the international scene...The theme of Princess Casamassima is the death of society." — --Stephen Spender... more » in 'The Destructive Element'« less