The Figure in the Carpet

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Figure in the Carpet include:

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in Cosmopolis 1 (January–February 1896):
  • "The Figure in the Carpet" in Cosmopolis 1 (January 1896): 41–59.
  • "The Figure in the Carpet" in Cosmopolis 1 (February 1896): 373–392.

  — First publication in any form

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in Embarrassments (London: William Heinemann, 1896): 3–66.

  — English first book edition

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in Embarrassments (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896): 3–82.

  — American first book edition

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in Embarrassments (London: William Heinemann, 1897): 3–66.

  — Second impression of the English first book edition

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in Embarrassments (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897): 3–82.

  — Second impression of the American first book edition

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 15: 219–277.

  — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.

• The Figure in the Carpet (London: Martin Secker, 1916)

  — Part of English issue of "The Uniform Tales of Henry James"; uses the New York Edition text.

• The Figure in the Carpet (Boston: Le Roy Phillips, 1917)

  — Part of the first American issue of "The Uniform Tales of Henry James"; uses the New York Edition text.

• "The Figure in the Carpet" in The Lesson of the Master, The Death of the Lion, The Next Time, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 197–250.

  — Volume 20 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.