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Record Number: 7164


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Henry James to William Dean Howells, 3 February 1876: "Why won't you tell me the name of the author of the very charming notice of Roderick Hudson in the last Atlantic, which I saw today at Galignani's?"

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

3 Feb 1876

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris
specific address: Galignani's [shop]

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Henry James

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

15 Apr 1843

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

USA

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

Review of Henry James, Roderick Hudson

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Atlantic Monthly, (?) January 1875

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

7164

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry James

Editor:

Leon Edel

Title:

Henry James: Letters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1975

Vol:

2

Page:

23

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 2, p. 23, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7164, accessed: 08 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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