The definitive collection of full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of Henry James’ classic novels - plus a bonus documentary about his life and work.... 

The Portrait of a Lady tells the compelling and ultimately tragic tale of a beautiful young American woman's encounter with European sophistication....

When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds....

Filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, The Turn of the Screw is probably the most famous and eerily equivocal of all ghostly tales....

Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve....

Milly Theale is a young, beautiful, and fabulously wealthy American. When she arrives in London and meets the beautiful but impoverished Kate Croy, they form an intimate friendship....

Wealthy Maggie Verver has everything she could ever ask for - except a husband and a title....

In what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary', The Turn of the Screw tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora....  

A governess at a country house claims that Miles and Flora, two orphaned children in her care, are being controlled by spirits for some evil purpose....

At times reminiscent of Jane Austen, The Europeans contains beautiful and vivid descriptions of mid-19th century upper-class New England life....

The Portrait of a Lady is one of Henry James’ most popular works and was a milestone work for its successful portrayal of in-depth motivation and humanity....

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry....

Following a violent and messy divorce, young Maisie Farange floats back and forth between her parents, Beale and Ida, who use her as a weapon to torment each other in their ongoing, internecine war....

The Aspern Papers chronicles the attempt to extract the valuable letters of the famous and recently deceased poet Jeffrey Aspern from the hands of his past lover....

The Ambassadors is the story of early 20th century American Puritanism and how such attitudes restrict the joy of living a full life....

Taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, a decade after the Civil War, The Bostonians tells the story of two cousins who battle for the affections of and control over an enchanting prophetess....

Horror, mystery and suspense abound in this collection of the nation’s favourite Gothic stories. From the foggy streets of London to the hills of Transylvania and the grounds of a country estate, relive the fear that these tales have been igniting in listeners for more than 100 years....

The Aspern Papers, one of Henry James best-known shorter works, is based on a story he heard about a collector of Shelley's manuscripts....

Self-made American millionaire Christopher Newman arrives in Paris brimming with hope and optimism, excited to experience the culture and, hopefully, find the perfect woman to become his wife....

The governess was hired to look after two wonderful little children. The children’s uncle leaves explicit instructions that he is not to be bothered nor questioned in regard to the children; the governess is to have complete control....