Henry James called Death “the Distinguished Thing”.
James used the phrase when he said “so it has come at last, the Distinguished Thing” after suffering a stroke on December 2, 1915, two months before his death in 1916.
What did Henry James call “the Distinguished Thing”?
by Pamela Landy · Filed Under: Literature
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