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Which writers did Henry James read while he was enrolled at Harvard Law School?
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Henry James, 1905.
While enrolled at Harvard Law School at age 19, Henry James largely neglected his legal studies to focus on his literary interests. During this time, he dedicated his reading to the works of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Honoré de Balzac, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.1