English Hours
1905
English Hours is a collection of travel essays by Henry James, first published in 1905. The book compiles various writings on England that James produced over more than thirty years, originally appearing in periodicals such as The Nation and Scribner's Magazine. Through personal anecdotes and contemplative insights, James reflects on the British landscape, culture, and society, offering a unique perspective that contrasts his American sensibilities with the Old World charm of England. Notable for its literary style and cultural critique, the essays provide a vivid exploration of English towns and villages.
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“We are far from liking London well enough till we like its defects: the dense darkness of much of its winter, the soot on the chimney-pots and everywhere else, the early lamplight, the brown blur of the houses, the splashing of hansoms in Oxford Street or the Strand on December afternoons.There is still something that recalls to me the enchantment of children”
— Henry James
“One has not the alternative of speaking of London as a whole, for the simple reason that there is no such thing as the whole of it. It is immeasurable”
— Henry James
“One need not be a rabid Anglican to be extremely sensible to the charm of an English country church...””
— Henry James
“Before me and beside me sat a row of the comeliest young men, clad in black gowns and wearing on their shoulders long hoods trimmed in white fur. Who and what they were I know not, for I preferred not to learn, lest by chance they should not be so mediaeval as they looked.””
— Henry James
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