Alice James: a biography

✍ Scribed by James, Alice;James family.;Strouse, Jean

Publisher: New York Review Books
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Series: New York Review Books classics
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

An accidental child -- Divine maternity and a Calvinist God -- Natives of the family -- A sensuous education -- Civil War -- A feminine age -- Bostonians -- Nerves -- Breakdown -- Trying to idle -- A grand tour -- Love and work -- Dark waters -- Gains and losses -- Alone -- The wider sphere of reference -- Peculiar intense and interesting affections -- A London life -- A voice of one's own -- Divine cessation -- Afterword: the diary.

✦ Table of Contents

An accidental child --
Divine maternity and a Calvinist God --
Natives of the family --
A sensuous education --
Civil War --
A feminine age --
Bostonians --
Nerves --
Breakdown --
Trying to idle --
A grand tour --
Love and work --
Dark waters --
Gains and losses --
Alone --
The wider sphere of reference --
Peculiar intense and interesting affections --
A London life --
A voice of one's own --
Divine cessation --
Afterword: the diary.

✦ Subjects

Biography;Biographies;James, Alice, -- 1848-1892;James family;United States -- Biography;United States

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