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Alice James (August 7, 1848 – March 6, 1892) was an American diarist, sister of novelist Henry James and philosopher and psychologist William James. Her relationship with William was unusually close, and she seems to have been badly affected by his marriage.
- August 7, 1848, New York City, U.S.
- Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- March 6, 1892 (aged 43)
Alice James: A Biography. Alice James, the younger sister of Henry and William James, might well have become the intellectual equal of her famous brothers had it not been for the constraints of Victorian society on women—constraints, Ms. Strouse suggests, that contributed to her lifelong struggle with neurasthenia.
- Dorothy Packer-Fletcher, Kenneth E. Fletcher
- 2001
Image Credit. Birthday: August 7, 1848 ( Leo) 0. Quick Facts. Died At Age: 43. Family: father: Henry James Sr. siblings: Henry James, William James. Quotes By Alice James American Women. Died on: March 6, 1892. Recommended Lists: American People. Leo Women. Childhood & Early Life.
7 de ago. de 2017 · Alice James, age 11, in 1857 (Harvard Houghton Library) An awareness of mortality had haunted Alice since her youth — her body was assailed by a mysterious ailment that kept her bedridden, with only intermittent relief from disability. For years, physicians failed to find an organic cause and diagnose her illness.
22 de set. de 2017 · James recorded what she observed in The Diary of Alice James ( public library ), in which she wrote with uncommon elegance of insight and splendor of sentiment about life, art, and the art of living fully while dying.
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4 de out. de 2012 · Page-Turner. What We’re Reading: Jean Strouse’s Alice James. By Rivka Galchen. October 4, 2012. Alice did not “accomplish” anything of note in her life, in the sense that she did not marry,...