| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30449 |
| QUOTATION: | Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henry James (1843–1916), U.S. author. Quoted in A Backward Glance, ch. 10, Edith Wharton (1934).
Remark during “one perfect afternoon we spent at Bodiam” (Bodiam Castle, Kent, England). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | James Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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