Novella, a teacher and two other works, by Henry James constituted book No. 42 of Borges's selections in his personal library project 100 Great Books. On the verge of embarking on a promising literary march that overwhelms the cheerful young writer Paul Overt, after knowing the devoted novelist Henry St. George, but engulfs him in greater joy when the teacher includes him under his wing, although I am no longer up to the level of old qqa. St. George gives many advice to the young writer, and after he listens to his strict warnings On the preservation of many advice to the young writer, and after he listens to his strict warnings about his isolation and independence so that he does not waste his talent, Paul travels to Europe where he indulges in his work, but upon his return he will be greeted by a thunderbolt discovery.