Evidence: | Leon Edel quotes John Buchan, in "Memory Hold-the-Door" (1940), pp.151-52:
'an aunt of my wife's [Lady Lovelace], who was the widow of Byron's grandson, asked Henry James and myself to examine her archives in order to reach some conclusion on the merits of the quarrel between Byron and his wife [...] during a summer week-end, Henry James and I waded through masses of ancient indecency, and duly wrote an opinion [signed by Buchan on 4 April 1910 and by James on 7 April]. The things nearly made me sick, but my colleague never turned a hair.'
Edel adds that 'Byron's intimate letters to Lady Melbourne [copied by Lord Lovelace] [...] written during the three years preceding [his] marriage, were the ones read by James and Buchan.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Apr 1909 and 30 Sep 1909 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | Henry James and John Buchan |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writers |
Religion: | various |
Country of origin: | USA and Scotland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
Title: | letters to Lady Melbourne (copies) |
Genre: | Letters |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 7634 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Henry James | |
Editor: | Leon Edel | |
Title: | Henry James: Letters | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 536-7 n.1 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984), 4, p. 536-7 n.1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7634, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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