For a short story in the sense of E.A.Poe "The Aspern Papers" cetainly do not belong to this literary genre for being too long. Nonetheless, it is here again James at his best I dare say, for his msytic descritption of Venice's decaying splendour interconnected with spoils and deception caused by the unknown narrator. This narrator bewilders the reader for being age- and faceless as the other main characters (Juliana and Tina Bordereau) do as well. Many scholars tend to suggest that "The Aspern Papers" belong to the kind of work in James which need not necessarily to be read until the end, because they offer no solution. Me - in contrary - entertained "The Aspern Papers", I was delighted and can therefore recommend this tale to all other James-enthusiasts in order to share my admiration fo old Henry!!!