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Henry JamesThe Jolly Corner (August 10, 2009)

LibriVox recording of The Jolly Corner, by Henry James. Read by Nicholas Clifford.

"The Jolly Corner," published in 1908, is considered by many to be a ghost story ranking second only to "The Turn of the Screw." James’s protagonist, Spencer Brydon, is an American of 56, returned to New York after 33 years in Europe, where he has apparently accomplished little while living off his New York rentals. His friendship with Alice Staverton, and his engagement in the development of a property awaken him to the possibilities that might have been his, had he chosen a different course of life. The "ghost," if that’s what it is, is that other self that might have been, and his confrontation with that self and its possibilities leads to a deeply unsettling, yet ambiguous, conclusion.

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Henry James
Date: 2009-08-10
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; literature; James; ghost story; New York

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Kydiana - - January 19, 2010
Subject: Haunted by our own demons...
This is an intriguing and thought-provoking tale. On the surface a ghost story, it is really a story about the ghosts which haunt our own interiors. It poses deep existential questions--Who are we, really? Would we even recognize ourselves in a life in which in which we had made different choices? What does it mean to love someone regardless of how that person develops over the course of a lifetime?
Well-read. Highly recommended.