The Pupil

Henry James was an American novelist, literary critic, playwright, and essayist.Pemberton is a penniless oxford graduate who takes on a job tutoring morgan Moreen. The moreens are an american family wandering around Europe. With pretensions above their ability to fund, their lifestyle is supported by lying cheating, and bill jumping. as he spends more time with the brilliant eleven-year-old he becomes very fond of him. morgan's family however, doesn’t pay Pemberton for his tutoring . He must decide to save Morgan from his ill-fated family. Unfortunately,they are so intimate that a fraction of an instant hesitation can be captured and perceived by the boy and therefore resulted in his death. The Pupil is an example of why Henry James is one of the nineteenth-century's most satisfying writers.