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French Poets and Novelists is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1878 .. Henry James. Henry James. literary criticism. literary criticism. The book collected essays that James had written over the preceding several years .. From an early age James was fluent in French and read widely in the country 's literature .. These essays show a deep familiarity with the techniques and themes of many French writers .. French writers. French literature. The book also includes an interesting essay on Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev , who James read in a German translation .. Russian. Russian literature. Ivan Turgenev. Ivan Turgenev