Record Number: 7605

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Henry James to Edith Wharton, 8 February 1905: '[...] your good letter has found me on the very point of writing to you [...] For I have read the February morsel of "The House of Mirth", with such a sense of its compact fulness, vivid picture and "sustained interest" as to make me really wish to celebrate the emotion.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1905 and 8 Feb 1905

Country:

USA

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Biltmore, North Carolina

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:

USA

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edith Wharton

Title:

The House of Mirth (second instalment)

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Scribner's Monthly, February 1905

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7605

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry James

Editor:

Leon Edel

Title:

Henry James: Letters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

4

Page:

346

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984), 4, p. 346, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7605, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None