| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30447 |
| QUOTATION: | I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henry James (1843–1916), U.S. author. Quoted by Leon Edel in Letters of Henry James, vol. 4, introduction (1984).
Said to James’s niece Peggy (Margaret Mary James). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | James Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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