The Deathbed Notes of Henry James (1968)
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- #Last Dictation
- #Henry James
- #Biographical Document
- Henry James dictated Napoleonic fragments during his last illness in 1915-1916, with his secretary Theodora Bosanquet and niece Peggy James transcribing.
- The dictation, initially unpublished and almost destroyed, reveals James's struggle with illness but retains his grand style and verbal power despite incoherence.
- James survived a stroke and pneumonia for over two months, receiving the Order of Merit before dying in February 1916; his ashes were brought to America.