Henry James (1843–1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional fi gure between literary realism and literary
modernism. «The Outcry» is an effervescent comedy of money and manners. Breckenridge Bender, a very rich American with a
distinct resemblance to J.P. Morgan, arrives in England with the purpose of acquiring some very great art; he is directed to Dedborough, the estate of the debt-ridden Lord Theign. But plutocrat
and aristocrat come into unexpected confl ict when a young connoisseur, out to establish his own reputation, declares a prize painting from the lord’s collection to be in fact an even rarer, and
pricier, work than had been thought.