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Tag: Henry James

Another view of Talland House, St. Ives, Cornwall. My photo

A visit to Talland House

May 7, 2018

It’s those steps. How many times have I seen fading photos of those steps? With Henry James sitting on them or Julia Stephen or the young Virginia Woolf or Vanessa Bell? And to stand in front of them, on them, in the rooms into which they lead is just incredible. It’s amazing to have been … More A visit to Talland House

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Henry James, ‘Washington Square’

December 30, 2011

I’m never sure about Henry James. That method he has of concentrating on the surface of things while suggesting hidden depths of emotion, can leave much of his fiction feeling brittle, cold and detached. ‘Washington Square’ is often quite hard to love. And yet I ended up being glad I’d read this strange, sad little … More Henry James, ‘Washington Square’

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