Greville Fane

Synopsis

Greville Fane is a short story by Henry James. An un-named writer is asked to produce a ‘tactful’ obituary of a lady writer, Mrs Stormer, who produced three books a year under the pen name Greville Fane. He reveals that she was commercially successful, but without any real talent. She also had ambitions to train her son Leolin to become a writer, and spoils him in the attempt. In fact both her children feel embarrassed by their mother’s lack of good taste.

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