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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Leon Edel notes re Henry James's unsigned review of Matthew Arnold, Essays in Criticism, in North American Review (July 1865): "Arnold read this review and praised it to ...Matthew Arnold Henry JamesReview of Matthew Arnold, Essays in CriticismPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899
1900-1945		Leon Edel notes, regarding Henry James's letter to James B. Pinker of 14 October 1907: 'The eminent actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson read H[enry]J[ames]'s story "Covering...Johnston Forbes-Robertson Henry James"Covering End"Print: Book
1850-1899Leon Edel notes: "In the weeks after his mother's death H[enry]J[ames] converted 'Daisy Miler' into a play, and before sailing read it to Mrs. [Isabella Stewart]Gardner."...Henry James Henry JamesDaisy MillerUnknown
1900-1945Leon Edel quotes John Buchan, in "Memory Hold-the-Door" (1940), pp.151-52: 'an aunt of my wife's [Lady Lovelace], who was the widow of Byron's grandson, asked Henry J...Henry James and John Buchan unknownByron family papersUnknown
1900-1945Leon Edel quotes John Buchan, in "Memory Hold-the-Door" (1940), pp.151-52: 'an aunt of my wife's [Lady Lovelace], who was the widow of Byron's grandson, asked Henry J...Henry James and John BuchanGeorge Gordon, Lord Byronletters to Lady Melbourne (copies)Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899Leon Edel, introducing Henry James's letters from 1869-70: " [James] traveled in 1869, reading Goethe, Stendhal, the President de Brosses and Hawthorne."Henry James Johann Wolfgang von GoetheunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Leon Edel, introducing Henry James's letters from 1869-70: " [James] traveled in 1869, reading Goethe, Stendhal, the President de Brosses and Hawthorne."Henry James Stendhal unknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Leon Edel, introducing Henry James's letters from 1869-70: " [James] traveled in 1869, reading Goethe, Stendhal, the President de Brosses and Hawthorne."Henry James Charles de BrossesunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899Leon Edel, introducing Henry James's letters from 1869-70: " [James] traveled in 1869, reading Goethe, Stendhal, the President de Brosses and Hawthorne."Henry James Nathaniel HawthorneunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Leon Edel, introducing vol 1 of Henry James's Letters, on James's feelings regarding publication of letters: "He opposed truncation. 'One has the vague sense of omission...Henry James Robert Louis StevensonLettersPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Leon Edel, introducing vol 1 of Henry James's Letters: " ... [By the end of his life Henry James] had read Flaubert's general correspondence with the close attention of a...Henry James Gustave FlaubertcorrespondencePrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Leon Edel, introducing vol 1 of Henry James's Letters: "[Edmund Gosse] had written biographies which James had criticized but read with lively interest."Henry James Edmund GossebiographiesPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Desmond MacCarthy, 26 February 1905: 'The books you gave me were a godsend at once. I had to travel for two nights & a day in a bullock waggon through...Leonard Woolf William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Edmund Blunden, 14 August 1924: 'I admired your book on Clare very much. It passed through my hands en route for a reviewer last week, and it looked s...Leonard Woolf John ClareMadrigals & Chronicles: Being newly found Poems wr...Print: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Frank Hardie, 11 October 1933: 'Many thanks for your letter and for the copy of your article which I had already read with great interest. I think we ...Leonard Woolf Frank Hardie'Youth, Socialism and Peace'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to G. E. Moore, 4 January 1909: 'I don't think you realize how pleased I was to get your letter & paper [...] I read your paper but to tell the actual tr...Leonard Woolf G. E. Moore'Professor James' "Pragmatism"'Print: Unknown
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 1 April 1902: 'I have read nothing [over Easter vacation] except a book by the new -- comparatively -- Russian, Gorki. It is called F...Leonard Woolf Maxim GorkyFoma GordyeeffPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 1 September 1901: 'London in August! [...] I like it because I choose it by refusing to fly London with the rest of the world [...] I...Leonard Woolf Honore De BalzacLe Pere GoriotPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 13 January 1906: 'I have practically settled down for two weeks here [...] it is one immense sea of hills [...] I walk out onto these...Leonard Woolf Voltaire LettersPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 13 January 1906: 'I have practically settled down for two weeks here [...] it is one immense sea of hills [...] I walk out onto these...Leonard Woolf Joris Karl Huysmans Print: Book


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