She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was… - Henry James

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She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine.

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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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She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine. - Henry James

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