Alice in Bed

Copyright © Judith Hooper 2015

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

e-book ISBN 978-1-61902-661-2

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

Hooper, Judith, 1949-

Alice in bed: a novel / Judith Hooper.

       
pages cm

1. James, Alice, 1848-1892—Fiction. 2. James, Henry, 1843-1916—Fiction. 3. James, William, 1842-1910—Fiction. 4. Mental illness—Fiction. 5. Intellectuals—Great Britain—19th century—Fiction. 6. Intellectuals—United States—19th century—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3608.O59458A45 2015

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Arm yourself against my dawn, which may at any moment cast you and Harry into obscurity.

—A
LICE
J
AMES IN A LETTER TO
W
ILLIAM
J
AMES
, 1891