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By Henry James
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A narrator recounts four encounters with a woman whose quiet, precise manner and small, telling gestures leave a lasting impression. The first meeting at a snowy country tea introduces an intimate exchange around travel photographs and conversation about art and Byron; later encounters in varied social contexts deepen the narrator’s fascination while remaining reticent and elliptical. The story emphasizes subtleties of manners, the gap between spoken civility and inward feeling, and how memory reshapes brief social intimacies into a lingering, ambiguous grief when the woman’s death is revealed.

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Title: Four Meetings

Author: Henry James

Release date: June 8, 2007 [eBook #21773]
Most recently updated: April 14, 2023

Language: English

Credits: David Widger

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FOUR MEETINGS

By Henry James

1885

I saw her only four times, but I remember them vividly; she made an impression upon me. I thought her very pretty and very interesting,—a charming specimen of a type. I am very sorry to hear of her death; and yet, when I think of it, why should I be sorry? The last time I saw her she was certainly not—But I will describe all our meetings in order.I saw her only four times, but I remember them vividly; she made an impression upon me. I thought her very pretty and very interesting,—a charming specimen of a type. I am very sorry to hear of her death; and yet, when I think of it, why should I be sorry? The last time I saw her she was certainly not—But I will describe all our meetings in order.