BIB_ID
431147
Accession number
MA 1617.199
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
London, England, 1878 October.
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Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.4 x 12.6 cm
Notes
This letter is one of ten letters from James to Henley written between March 9, 1878 and June 21, 1879.
The year and specific date of writing identified by Greg W. Zacharias, co-Editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James 1878-1880 cited below.
The date of writing, in the published letters cited below, is suggested to have been either October 11, 18 or 25 based on the subject discussed. James simply dates the letter "Friday."
Written from "3, Bolton Street W."
The year and specific date of writing identified by Greg W. Zacharias, co-Editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James 1878-1880 cited below.
The date of writing, in the published letters cited below, is suggested to have been either October 11, 18 or 25 based on the subject discussed. James simply dates the letter "Friday."
Written from "3, Bolton Street W."
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "Here is Sardou's "Haine", on which I couldn't at 1st lay my hand. I'm sorry you dislike Dumas fils so much - or rather so exclusively. In one way - as a "moralist" he is detestable & a childish charlatan : but as a dramatist, I think he understands the business like none of the others. Sardou is very clever, certainly : but he seems to me only a more modern Scribe - dealing mainly in 'ficelles' & machinery, & in sentiment, very arid & vulgar. But he is phenomenally skilful & this "Haine" is very powerful;" adding, in a postscript, "Don't bother to return the Sardou."
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