The Pupil

Henry James's "The Pupil" is a novella about a sickly, precocious boy and the young tutor hired by his financially unstable, socially pretentious family, tracing the bond and moral tensions that develop between them. It will appeal to readers of nineteenth-century literary fiction and those interested in James's studies of loyalty and character. One correction to the catalogue record: "The Pupil" was first published in 1891 (in *Longman's Magazine*), not 1997 — that later date is likely a reprint or edition.