Henry James e Marion Crawford: storia di un'amicizia e di una rivalità

A large number of unpublished letters by Marion Crawford to his wife and to Henry James, held by the Houghton Library at Harvard University, offer an unexpected image of the relationship between the two authors which was in fact friendly and rather intimate . Of the two Crawford, was to enjoy a huge celebrity in his lifetime, while James far less successful with the average reader of his days, would be appreciated and popular mostly after his death. But Crawford, most humble and gentlemanly in their private intercourse, was vastly aware of James superiority, and did not hide his admiration for him , while James, in his letters to other friends could not disguise his frustration, his rage and jealousy.