Download or read book The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, a Short Story written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Romance of Certain Old Clothes, Henry James presents a tour-de-force of a ghost story. Set in pre-Revolutionary War America, it starts as a simple story of two sisters competing for the same man. However, when one of the two siblings dies tales of romance and the supernatural mix to great effect. Due to its emotional complexity, the book is also considered to be a precursor to Freudian theory.