Record Number: 6390
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry James to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 27 March 1860: "You asked me in one of your letters whether there were many English books in Geneva ... I have read very few. The reading time that I have had has consisted in little odd disconnected moments, so I have read mostly little bits from Magazines, Newspapers, and 'the like.' I suppose that 'down in Louisiana' you have not seen any numbers of the new 'Cornhill Magazine' edited by Thackeray. I have seen the three numbers that are out and find it very good ..."
Century:1850-1899
Date:Mar 1860
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:city: Geneva
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Cornhill Magazine
Genre:Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsed. Thackeray
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6390
Source:Henry James
Editor:Leon Edel
Title:Henry James: Letters
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1975
Vol:1
Page:15-16
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 15-16, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6390, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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