Roderick Hudson is Henry James's first true novel, written at thirty-two, and already the great theme of his life is here: the gifted American set loose in Europe with no notion of the price. A wealthy patron carries the brilliant young sculptor Roderick Hudson to Rome to make him great — and watches him discover instead women, idleness, and the limits of his own genius. This edition presents the complete and unabridged novel, newly typeset and illustrated with 50 full-page color plates.