Nigel Webb
@nwebb.bsky.social
Difficile est proprie communia dicere.
His mind contained several millions of facts, packed too closely together for the light breeze of imagination to draw through the mass. (Henry James, ‘Pandora’, 1884)
September 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
His mind contained several millions of facts, packed too closely together for the light breeze of imagination to draw through the mass. (Henry James, ‘Pandora’, 1884)
Thought this book looked interesting. Then I saw the spine and wondered, “if they can’t get THAT right, what about the rest of it?”
September 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thought this book looked interesting. Then I saw the spine and wondered, “if they can’t get THAT right, what about the rest of it?”
A critic upbraided Henry James for revising many of his novels years later for the New York Edition. James’s reply: “I do every justice to your contention, but don't think me reckless or purblind If I say that I hold myself really right and you really wrong”.
September 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A critic upbraided Henry James for revising many of his novels years later for the New York Edition. James’s reply: “I do every justice to your contention, but don't think me reckless or purblind If I say that I hold myself really right and you really wrong”.