The New York Stories of Henry James (New York Review ... (ISBN 1590171624)

the partial image of a ghost of a story:
I am a simple man. And when I read a story, I would like to have the entire story before me, and not be forced to go to the internet to find the rest of it!!!!!!! This volume, incredibly, omits the third and final chapter of "A Jolly Corner"! It was an intersting experience, accidentally, because reading it without the last chapter made one confront the basic construct of the tale. It seemed incomplete after chapter two, but complete after chapter three. What was the missing element? The female character of absorption and empathy. So, I am glad that the compilation is a complete disaster, as it forced me to confront what this particular short story is really about: female human-ness vs male ego driven self-delusion. "Washington Square" is the only truly great work in the collection. I loved it. I rate it a one because surely a person can read these stories on the internet in their complete form.