Henry Adams

Henry Adams
Henry Adams (1838–1918) was an American historian, novelist, and member of the prominent Adams political family. He is best known for his autobiographical work "The Education of Henry Adams," which reflects on his personal experiences and the societal changes during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Adams also wrote "Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres," a meditation on medieval art and architecture. His writings often explore the tension between traditional values and the rapid technological and social changes of his time.

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Chapter I FOR reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. She was in excellent health, but she said that the climate would do her good. In New York she had troops of friends, but she suddenly became eager to see again the very small number of those who lived on the Potomac. It was only to her closest intimates that she honestly... more...

Chapter I The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the morning of the last Sunday of October, in the year 1880. Sitting in the gallery, beneath the unfinished frescoes, and looking down the nave, one caught an effect of autumn gardens, a suggestion of chrysanthemums and geraniums, or of October woods, dashed with scarlet oaks and yellow maples. As a display of austerity the show... more...