Roderick Hudson

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of Roderick Hudson include:

• "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35–36 (January–December 1875)
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35 (207) (January 1875): 1–15.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35 (208) (February 1875): 145–161.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35 (209) (March 1875): 297–313.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35 (210) (April 1875): 422-437.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35 (211) (May 1875): 515-531.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 35 (212) (June 1875): 644-658.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 36 (213) (July 1875): 58-71.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 36 (214) (August 1875): 129-140.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 36 (215) (September 1875): 269-281.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 36 (216) (October 1875): 385-406.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 36 (217) (November 1875): 553-571.
  • "Roderick Hudson" in The Atlantic Monthly 36 (218) (December 1875): 641-665.

  — First publication in any form. Each serial installment contains a single chapter.

• Roderick Hudson (Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1875)

  — First American book edition, and the first publication in book form. James revised the serial text before publishing this edition, but the differences between the two are minor; the most significant change is the splitting of the final serial installment into two chapters, resulting in a 13-chapter text.

• Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan & Co., 1879)

  — First English edition, published in three volumes. Heavily revised from the American book edition; many textual changes; every chapter of the American edition is split in two, for a total of 26 chapters.

• Roderick Hudson (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1879)

  — Volumes 1842 and 1843 of the "Collection of British Authors" series.

• Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan & Co., 1880)

  — Reprint of the first English edition in a single volume.

• Roderick Hudson (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1882)

  — Second American edition; uses imported sheets from the 1880 London: Macmillan & Co. edition; thus follows the first English edition text.

• Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan & Co., 1883)

  — Volumes 4 and 5 of the "Collective Edition of 1883"

• Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan & Co., 1888)

  — A "yellow-back" edition.

• Roderick Hudson (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907)

  —American issue of Volume 1 on The Novels and Tales of Henry James (the "New York Edition"); again heavily revised by James.

• Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan and Co., 1908)

  —English issue of Volume 1 on The Novels and Tales of Henry James (the "New York Edition").

• Roderick Hudson (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1920)

  — A posthumous edition; uses the "New York Edition" text.

• Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921)

  — Volume 1 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.

• Roderick Hudson (unsourced edition)

  —A 13-chapter version, indicating provenance based on the first American edition.

German translation:

• James, Henry; Moritz, Busch (translator) (1876), Roderick Hudson (Amerikanische Novellisten 2, 3) (Leipzig: Grunow).

French translation:

• James, Henry; Bochet, Léon (translator) (1884), Roderick Hudson (Paris: Librarie Hachette et Cie).