/lit/ - Literature

>>13014771
fun fact, Henry James lived for some time in a house that was later owned by EF Benson author of the Mapp and Lucia novels. both writers featured a fictionalised version of the house in their work. the house was built in the 18th century and King George 1 once stayed there overnight after his ship was grounded in a storm.

>>13015968
>I didn't like how british and well mannered every character is.
he wrote it while he was living in the house mentioned above, on the south coast of England.

pic related. the house is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. i've been there a couple of times.