A Bundle of Letters

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of A Bundle of Letters include:

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• "A Bundle of Letters" in The Parisian 38 (18 December 1879): 7–9.

  — First publication in any form; the original "magazine text"

• A Bundle of Letters (Boston: Loring, 1880)

  — A pirated edition issued into the American market; reprint of the "magazine text"; sometimes referred to by the full title A Bundle of Letters; Reprinted from The Parisian.

• "A Bundle of Letters" in The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1880): 71–135

  — The first authorized American book edition; uses the "magazine text".

• "A Bundle of Letters" in Washington Square, The Pension Beaurepas, A Bundle of Letters (2 volumes, London: Macmillan & Co., 1881) 2: 201–271.

  — First English book edition, published on 26 January 1881; text revised before publication; the original "first book text".

• "A Bundle of Letters" in Washington Square, The Pension Beaurepas, A Bundle of Letters (1 volume, London: Macmillan & Co., 1881): 349–401.

  — Reprint of the "first book text" in a single volume

• "A Bundle of Letters" in The Madonna of the Future, A Bundle of Letters, The Diary of a Man of Fifty, Eugene Pickering (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883)

  — Volume 14 of the "Collective Edition of 1883"; follows the "first book text"

• "A Bundle of Letters" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 14 (New York: Scribner; London:Macmillan, 1907–1909): 479–533.

  — Revised for publication by James; the "New York Edition text".

• "A Bundle of Letters" in Lady Barbarina, The Siege of London; An International Episode, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 192?): 425–473.

  — Volume 19 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.