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The Library of America • Story of the Week From Henry James: Complete Stories 1892–1898 (The Library of America, 1996), pages 335–55. First published in Scribner’s Magazine (May 1893) and collected in Terminations (1895). Are you receiving Story of the Week each week? Essay titled, 'The Ambiguity of Henry James.' What Wilson did, in effect, was to change the classical interpretation of this story from a ghost story to a story of a neurotic governess.

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'Brooksmith'
AuthorHenry James
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
Published inThe Lesson of the Master
Publication typeBook

'Brooksmith' is a short story written by Henry James in 1891. The story is also present in a compilation of 50 Great Short Stories by Milton Crane

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Hp laserjet 6l pro driver. Henry James 1,988 followers Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction.

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The narrator tells the story of Brooksmith, a butler he had once known. Brooksmith was responsible for the preservation of the atmosphere in a retired diplomat's salon where the guests (all male) enjoyed a high level of intellectual conversation with the diplomat and each other. Brooksmith was regarded by the narrator as 'the artist' who insured that the company at each gathering was the optimum number and mix of personalities to provide the highest level of conversation possible. This was partially of benefit to Brooksmith himself, who would linger in the room on some pretext or other in order to eavesdrop on the exchanges. The diplomat was well aware of this, and alluded to it on occasion with dryly humorous remarks. With the diplomat's death, Brooksmith loses his vocation, which to him was almost a calling. Brooksmith, lonely and dispirited, works a few odd jobs but falls into poverty and illness. At the end of the story, the narrator reveals that Brooksmith had disappeared, and implies that he may have committed suicide.

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External links[edit]

  • A web page about the book in henryjames.org.uk
  • Brooksmith public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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