There were several ways of understanding her: there was wha… - Henry James

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There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.

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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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