“The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.”

The Aspern Papers; The Turn of the Screw; The Liar; The Two Faces.
Prefaces (1907-1909)

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American novelist, short story author, and literary critic 1843–1916

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