Record Number: 7172

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Henry James to Alice James, 2 March 1877: "It is very late at night and I am in the delightful great drawingroom of the Athenaeum Club where I have been reading all the magazines all the evening, since dinner, in a great deep armchair ..."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

2 Mar 1877

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: London
specific address: Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall
location in dwelling: Drawing Room

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

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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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

magazines

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7172

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry James

Editor:

Leon Edel

Title:

Henry James: Letters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1975

Vol:

2

Page:

103

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 2, p. 103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7172, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None