The Great Good Place

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Great Good Place include:

• "The Great Good Place" in Scribner's Magazine 27 (1) (January 1900): 99–112.

  — First publication in any form

• "The Great Good Place" in The Soft Side (London: Methuen & Co., 1900): 1–35.

  — First English book edition

• "The Great Good Place" in The Soft Side (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900): 1–29.

  — First American book edition

• "The Great Good Place" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 16 (New York: Scribner; London: Macmillan, 1907–1909): 225–263.

  — The "New York Edition", substantially edited by James and now generally regarded as the authoritative text.

• "The Great Good Place" in The Author of Beltraffio, The Middle Years, Greville Fane, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan, 1922): 197–231.

  — Volume 21 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.