This essay examines the narration style in Henry James’ novella, The Aspern Papers, byexamining the varied linguistic structures that dominate the narrative. It attempts to reveal some of thestylistic choices that intensify and dramatize the retelling of the story by the unnamed narrator. This studyadopts quantitative and qualitative approaches in gathering and analyzing the examined linguistic andliterary content. The essay finds that in The Aspern Papers, the notorious narrator receives the sympathyof the reader instead of his two female victims, Tina and Juliana. The study highlights that the narratormanipulates language structures by choosing certain linguistic constructions in the story bringing thereader into the narrator's disposition instead of sympathizing with his victims.