Record Number: 6537
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 9 August 1871: "Every now and then I vaguely scheme to take up my valises and walk ... yet here I am still, taking it all out in reading the time-tables in the Advertiser and wondering which were the deeper joy -- Cape Cod or Mount Mansfield."
Century:1850-1899
Date:9 Aug 1871
Country:USA
Timen/a
Place:city: Cambridge, Massachusetts
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:timetables
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Advertiser
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6537
Source:Henry James
Editor:Leon Edel
Title:Henry James: Letters
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1975
Vol:1
Page:261
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 261, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6537, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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