Henry James

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Standard Name: James, Henry
HJ (who began publishing in 1871 and continued into the twentieth century) left his native USA to settle in England early in his writing career. Known for his extreme subtlety, verging at times on obscurity,
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press.
he was hugely influential as a novelist, short-story writer, and critic. His also wrote plays, which, however, were unsuccessful on stage.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Friends, Associates John Oliver Hobbes
She made many friends and acquaintances both as a figure in society and as an author. These included literary people such as George Meredith , Thomas Hardy , Punch editor Owen Seaman , William Archer
Friends, Associates A. Mary F. Robinson
Her parents, who were the friends of many literary and artistic people, introduced her to an impressive social circle. Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning , William Michael Rossetti , Thomas Hardy , Walter Pater ,...
Friends, Associates Frances Hodgson Burnett
Her newly-made friends from 1887-9 included the writer Israel Zangwill in London, Prime Minister W. E. Gladstone and his wife in Florence. Back in the USA she made another friend-as-collaborator, the dramatic-rights agent Elisabeth Marbury
Friends, Associates A. Mary F. Robinson
In addition to Henry James and Walter Pater , whom by now they regarded as old friends, they met there Marc André Raffalovich , poet and pioneer writer on homosexuality, who was born in Paris...
Friends, Associates Fanny Kemble
FK met Henry James in Rome, and a friendship developed.
Clinton, Catherine. Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Simon and Schuster.
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Friends, Associates Edith Wharton
EW nurtured a number of literary friendships, though her shyness with strangers brought her the reputation of being cold. Her former governess, Anna Bahlmann , who worked as her secretary, remained a close and important...
Friends, Associates Ford Madox Ford
Living with his grandfather Ford Madox Brown after his father's death, he met many literary great Victorians at an early age. During his early married life he got to know H. G. Wells , Joseph Conrad
Friends, Associates Lady Ottoline Morrell
LOM 's passion for creative gatherings was fostered on visits she made to the the home of Ethel Sands and Nan Hudson at Newington in Oxfordshire. She was deeply inspired by its lively intellectual...
Friends, Associates Violet Hunt
Among those who frequented VH 's house there were some to whom she became especially close. Her long friendship with Henry James dated back to July 1882. Apart from an estrangement during the scandal over...
Friends, Associates Elizabeth Robins
ER 's first few years in London brought her into contact with several important literary and theatre figures, including Henry James , Oscar Wilde , actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree , and actress Ellen Terry ...
Fictionalization John Oliver Hobbes
A more positive portrait of JOH can be read in the character of Milly Theale in Henry James 's The Wings of the Dove: Hobbes immediately recognised herself in Milly. Fictionalisations of her also...
Family and Intimate relationships Virginia Woolf
He was immensely influential. As editor of the Cornhill Magazine from 1871 to 1882, he published Henry James , Thomas Hardy , Matthew Arnold , Robert Browning , and George Meredith , among others.
Rosenbaum, S. P. “An Educated Man’s Daughter: Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group”. Virginia Woolf: New Critical Essays, edited by Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy, Vision; Barnes and Noble, pp. 32-56.
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Family and Intimate relationships Radclyffe Hall
Violet Hunt acted as a literary mentor to RH , who met many writers at Hunt's literary salons, including Henry James .
Cline, Sally. Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John. John Murray.
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Hall tried to initiate a sexual relationship with Hunt; but in the...
Family and Intimate relationships Rudyard Kipling
RK 's mother was unenthusiastic about the marriage; his father showed his approval of Caroline's general competence by calling her a good man spoiled by her gender.
Carrington, Charles. Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Work. Macmillan.
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Novelist Henry James , a family friend...
Family and Intimate relationships Adelaide Procter
AP 's mother, born Anne Skepper , was a clever and observant woman, a frequent and influential hostess to the London literary elite. Frances Kemble considered her notable for her pungent epigrams and brilliant sallies...

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