Record Number: 7277
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry James to W. D. Howells, 7 April 1879: "The amazingly poor little notice of your novel in the last (at least my last) Nation, makes me feel that I must no longer delay to ... tell you with what high relish and extreme appreciation I have read it. (I wish you had sent it to me ... I have had to go and buy it -- for eight terrible shillings ...)"
Century:1850-1899
Date:1879
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Lady of the Aroostook
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7277
Source:Henry James
Editor:Leon Edel
Title:Henry James: Letters
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1975
Vol:2
Page:226
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 2, p. 226, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7277, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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