Record Number: 6596

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Henry James to William Dean Howells, 13 January 1875: "I have been staying at Mrs. Owen Wister's and having Fanny Kemble read Calderon for me tete a tete of a morning."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

13 Jan 1875

Country:

USA

Time

n/a

Place:

city: New York

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:

Fanny Kemble

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Nov 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Actress

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Great Britain

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:

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6596

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry James

Editor:

Leon Edel

Title:

Henry James: Letters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1975

Vol:

1

Page:

469

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 469, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6596, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None