The Pension Beaurepas

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Pension Beaurepas include:

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in The Atlantic Monthly 43 (258) (April 1879): 460–488.

  —First publication; the "magazine text".

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in Washington Square, The Pension Beaurepas, A Bundle of Letters (2 volumes, London: Macmillan & Co., 1881) 2: 91–197.

  —First English book edition, published on 26 January 1881; text revised before publication; the "first book text".

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in Washington Square, The Pension Beaurepas, A Bundle of Letters (1 volume, London: Macmillan & Co., 1881): 267–346.

  —Reprint of the "first book text"

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in The Siege of London, The Pension Beaurepas, and The Point of View (Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1883): 139–219. (transcription project)

  —First American book edition; follows the "magazine text".

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in An International Episode, The Pension Beaurepas, The Point of View (London: Macmillan & Co., 1883)

  —Volume 12 of the "Collective Edition of 1883"; follows the "first book text"

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 14 (New York: Scribner; London:Macmillan, 1907–1909): 393–476.

  —Revised for publication by James; the "New York Edition text".

• "The Pension Beaurepas" in Lady Barbarina, The Siege of London; An International Episode, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 192?): 349–421.

  — Volume 19 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.