author
Henry Harland
1861–1905
A gifted novelist and editor at the heart of the 1890s literary scene, he helped shape the stylish, provocative world of The Yellow Book. His fiction moved from sensational early work to more polished, cosmopolitan novels influenced by the aesthetic tastes of fin-de-siècle London.
14 Audiobooks
The Cardinal's snuff-box
by Henry Harland
Grey Roses
by Henry Harland
Eleven Possible Cases
by Frank R. Stockton, Edgar Fawcett, Franklin Fyles, Anna Katharine Green, Henry Harland, Ingersoll Lockwood, Joaquin Miller, Kirk Munroe, Brainard Gardner Smith, Maurice Thompson, A. C. (Andrew Carpenter) Wheeler
Comedies and Errors
by Henry Harland
Mrs Peixada
by Henry Harland
Two Women or One? From the Mss. of Dr. Leonard Benary
by Henry Harland
The Royal End: A Romance
by Henry Harland
Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories
by Henry Harland
The Lady Paramount
by Henry Harland
My Uncle Florimond
by Henry Harland
As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story
by Henry Harland
The Yoke of the Thorah
by Henry Harland
My Friend Prospero
by Henry Harland
Kardinaalin nuuskarasia
by Henry Harland
About the author
Born in New York City on March 1, 1861, he was an American writer who later became closely associated with the literary life of London. Early in his career he wrote sensational fiction, sometimes under a pseudonym, before turning to more refined novels and stories under his own name.
He is best remembered as the editor of The Yellow Book, the influential quarterly launched in 1894. The magazine became one of the defining publications of the 1890s, bringing together notable writers and artists and giving him a central place in the period's aesthetic and decadent culture.
His later fiction, including works such as The Cardinal's Snuff-Box, earned praise for its wit, elegance, and international setting. He died on December 20, 1905, but his name remains linked with the distinctive literary style and artistic ambition of the fin de siècle.