Record Number: 7612
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906, thanking him for a copy of "Astarte", Lovelace's account of his grandparents Lord and Lady Byron's marriage: 'I am greatly touched by your friendly remembrance of my possible feeling for the whole matter, and of your own good act, perhaps, of a few years ago -- the to me ever memorable evening when, at Wentworth House, you allowed me to look at some of the documents you have made use of in "Astarte."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:4 Feb 1895
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Wentworth House
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:Byron family papers
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:7612
Source:Henry James
Editor:Leon Edel
Title:Henry James: Letters
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:4
Page:392
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984), 4, p. 392, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7612, accessed: 02 December 2024
Additional Comments:
See also p.394 n.1 in source, where an extract is quoted from Henry James's 1895 notebooks, recording the visit to Wentworth House, and mentioning his being "'shown some of their extremely interesting Byron papers, especially some of those bearing on the absolutely indubitable history of his relation to Mrs. [Augusta] Leigh'."
