author
Henry Harland
1861–1905
A cosmopolitan novelist and influential magazine editor, he moved between New York, Paris, and London and helped shape the literary mood of the 1890s. Best known for editing The Yellow Book, he also wrote fiction under the pen name Sidney Luska.
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
My Uncle Florimond
by Henry Harland
The Royal End: A Romance
by Henry Harland
The Lady Paramount
by Henry Harland
Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories
by Henry Harland
My Friend Prospero
by Henry Harland
The Yoke of the Thorah
by Henry Harland
As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story
by Henry Harland
Kardinaalin nuuskarasia
by Henry Harland
About the author
Born on March 1, 1861, Henry Harland was an American novelist and editor whose life and work were closely tied to the literary culture of the fin de siècle. He is often remembered for his role in London’s artistic world, especially as editor of The Yellow Book, the influential literary quarterly launched in 1894.
Harland’s writing career had two distinct sides. Early on, he published several novels under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, including books that drew on Jewish life in the United States. Later, his style shifted toward the more refined, cosmopolitan fiction associated with the 1890s, and his reputation grew in Britain as well as America.
Although he died relatively young, on December 20, 1905, Harland left a clear mark as both a novelist and a literary tastemaker. His career connects American writing with the magazine culture and aesthetic movements of late Victorian London, which is one reason readers still return to him today.