| Evidence: | Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, from home of host family in Bonn, Sunday 5 August 1860: "[on Wednesday morning] We [himself and his brother William] ... commenced study, which simply consists in translating German into English. I am now working at Schiller's play of Maria Stuart, which I like exceedingly, though I do get on so slowly with it ... I worked on ploddingly till dinner-time which is one o'clock." |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1 Aug 1860 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bonn specific address: Home of Dr Humpert location in dwelling: study |
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| Reader: | Henry James |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| 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: | Germany |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Friedrich von Schiller |
| Title: | Maria Stuart |
| Genre: | Drama, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6395 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry James | |
| Editor: | Leon Edel | |
| Title: | Henry James: Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 1975 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 30 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6395, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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