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Record 6403

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, from Cambridge, Mass., 15 August 1867: "Here I have been ... all summer and here I expect to stay. You may imagine that existence has not been thrilling or exciting. I have seen no one and done nothing -- unless it be read; which I have done to some extent."
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Aug 1867
Country: USA
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambridge
county: Massachussetts
   
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: USA
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: unknown
Title: unknown
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6403  
Source - Print  
  Author: Henry James
  Editor: Leon Edel
  Title: Henry James: Letters
  Place of Publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Date of Publication: 1975
  Vol: 1
  Page: 71
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6403, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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