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Record 6398

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton of the North American Review, offering book review, 9 August 1864: "I have just been reading with great interest the Journals and Letters of Maurice and Eugenie de Guerin -- (Paris, 1864, 2d Edition.) I should like to write a notice of the two books combined; or at least of Maurice alone ..."
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 9 Aug 1864
Country: USA
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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: Maurice de Guerin
Title: Journals/Letters
Genre: Autobiog / Diary, Letters
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Paris, 1864, 2nd ed.
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6398  
Source - Print  
  Author: Henry James
  Editor: Leon Edel
  Title: Henry James: Letters
  Place of Publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Date of Publication: 1975
  Vol: 1
  Page: 54
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6398, accessed: 28 March 2024

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