But even while they pretend to be lost in their fairy-tale … - Henry James

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But even while they pretend to be lost in their fairy-tale they're steeped in their vision of the dead restored to them.

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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