The Private Life (short story)

by Henry James (1843-1916)

For works with similar titles, see The Private Life.

Versions of The Private Life include:

• "The Private Life" in The Atlantic Monthly 69 (414) (April 1892): 463–483.

  — First publication in any form

• "The Private Life" in The Private Life, The Wheel of Time, Lord Beaupré, The Visits, Collaboration, Owen Wingrave (London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893): 1–55.

  — First English book edition.

• "The Private Life" in The Private Life, Lord Beaupré, The Visits (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893): 1–75.

  — First American book edition

• "The Private Life" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 17: 217–266.

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

• "The Private Life" in The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 193–236.

  — Volume 22 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.