This writer believed that his most famous work could not be adapted into a play, since its best scene consisted of the protagonist experiencing a revelation while (*) sitting still in a chair.
In a story by this author, Hugh Vereker insults a monograph about him as "twaddle" without realizing its author is sitting next to him. This author wrote about an obsessive fanboy of the writer Mark Ambient, whose wife refuses to treat their sick son because she hates his novels. This writer believed that his most famous work could not be adapted into a play, since its best scene consisted of the protagonist experiencing a revelation while (*) sitting still in a chair. This author of "The Figure in the Carpet" and "The Author of Beltraffio" wrote a novel in which the protagonist exhorts "Live all you can" to Little Bilham before turning down Maria Gostrey. That man, Lambert Strether, goes to Europe to stop a romance. The title character marries Gilbert Osmond in his novel about Isabel Archer. For 10 points, name this author of The Ambassadors and The Portrait of a Lady.
In a story by this author, Hugh Vereker insults a monograph about him as "twaddle" without realizing its author is sitting next to him.
Henry James