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| Creator: | James, Henry, 1843-1916. |
| Title: | Henry James Letter |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1890 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter from American author Henry James to Lady Grant Duff, regarding a dinner invitation. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author whose novels are often cited as excellent examples of 19th-century literary realism. Many of his books dealt with Americans' iinteractions with Europe and Europeans. James spent nearly half his life in England and became a British citizen shortly before his death.
The Henry James Letter consists of a single letter by James, written to Lady Grant Duff, wife of Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff. The letter gives James' regrets for having to decline a dinner invitation from the couple. Apparently James wished to avoid another dinner guest, as he writes in part, "But I was well advised, for I was in for a more pertinacious attack of this queer little pestilence than I ever supposed." Unfortunately the identity of the "pestilence" is unknown.
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Henry James Letter,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Transfer from Kohen Collection, 1969.
Created by: MRC
Date: 26 May 2010
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