Henry Harland (1861–1905)
Author of The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
About the Author
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Works by Henry Harland
My Uncle Florimond 4 copies
Yellow Book, an Illustrated Quarterly 1894-1897 13 volumes — Editor — 3 copies
Rosemary for Remembrance 1 copy
Associated Works
Selected English Short Stories: XIX and XX Centuries (Second Series) (1924) — Contributor — 14 copies
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- Other names
- Luska, Sidney
- Birthdate
- 1861-03-01
- Date of death
- 1905-12-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1898)
- Short biography
- Henry Harland (1 March 1861 ¿ 20 December 1905), novelist and editor, was born in Brooklyn and attended the City College of New York and for a short spell Harvard Divinity School. In May 1884, he married Aline Herminie Merriam, who shared his artistic interests. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality. But in 1889 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The short story collections of this new period, A Latin Quarter Courtship (1889), Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903). His last novel, The Royal End (1909), was incomplete when he died. His wife finished it according to his notes. Harland died in 1905 at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged period of tuberculosis.
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- Popularity
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- ISBNs
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Much like Harland's My Friend Prospero, which I read last year, this is a book full of fluff. Don't read if you are in a serious mood, or looking for something deep and weighty, because this is not one of those books. However those looking for something quick and fun may want to seek it out (originally written in 1900, it's available for free on Project Gutenberg.… (more)