The Death And Letters Of Alice James by Alice James

The Death And Letters Of Alice James by Alice James

Selected Correspondence, Edited with a Biographical Essay by Ruth Bernard Yeazell Alice James, 1848-1892, was the sister of Henry and William James, as literary as her brothers bu but never formally educated. Here Yeazell argues that Alice James instead made a career of her lifelong neurastenic illness and anticipation of death. With many of the letters written from her sick bed, she is alternatively witty, lyrical and occasionally bitter, but always deeply morbid.

James, Alice: - Alice James was a proud Lancashire Lass, born in September 1921 and educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She taught at several schools before taking up the post of Headmistress at Wykeham House, where she remained before retiring and marrying Lieut. Cdr. James (Jimmy). Throughout her career she always continued with her local activities, which included founding and running Fareham Local History Group, undertaking a key role in the setting up of Westbury Manor Museum and the restoration of Cams Hall. Instinctively recognising the importance of preserving local history she collected and recorded a great quantity of material over the years, material which might otherwise have been lost, and built up her already extensive knowledge of the district. This acquisition of local information included a great deal of research into the Delme family who lived at Cams Hall for over 100 years. The Fareham Past and Present booklets came into being as a result of her work. These booklets, originally edited by Alice, are still being published by the local history group two or three times a year.

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ISBN 13	9781878972200
ISBN 10	1878972200
Title	The Death And Letters Of Alice James
Author	Alice James
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Exact Change,U.S.
Year published	2004-03-18
Number of pages	220
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