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Life

Frank Harris was born James Thomas Harris in Galway, Ireland, February 14, 1856. Emigrating to the US in 1869, he studied at the University of Kansas. In 1878 he married Marries Florence Adams; she died the following year. Returning to England in 1882, Harris first came to general notice as the editor of a series of London papers including the Evening News, the Fortnightly Review and the Saturday Review, the latter being the highpoint of his journalistic career, with H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw as regular contributors. Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as just KU or Kansas) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the British city. ... H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Time Machine. ... (George) Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ...

Harris returned to New York during World War I. From 1916 to 1922 he edited the U.S. edition of Britain's Pearson's Magazine. Pearson's has been described as "Probably second in fame to The Strand Magazine, which it imitated ... a heavily romantic publication"^{[citation needed]}. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Strand Magazine was a monthly fiction magazine founded by George Newnes. ...

Harris became an American citizen in April, 1921. In 1922 he traveled to Berlin to publish his best-known work, his autobiography My Life and Loves (published in four volumes between 1922 and 27). It is notorious for its graphic descriptions of Harris's purported sexual encounters and for its exaggeration of the scope of his adventures, his prowess and his role in history. A dubious fifth volume, supposedly taken from his notes, was published in 1954, long after his death. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... (help· info) is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A 1923 attempt to sell the book in Paris caused it to be seized by French authorities. The British an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary Aleister Crowley lived with him in 1924; according to one source^{[citation needed]}, they both shared similar "money troubles" and were "equal hypochondriacs". 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... , The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 kilometres behind. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, hedonist and sexual revolutionary. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Harris also wrote short stories and novels, two books on Shakespeare, a series of biographical sketches in five volumes under the title Contemporary Portraits and biographies of his friends Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. His attempts at playwriting were less successful: only Mr. and Mrs. Daventry (1900), based on an idea by Oscar Wilde, was produced on the stage. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. ... (George) Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ... Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. ...

The Frank Harris Publishing Company was founded in New York in the mid-to-late 1920s to promote and distribute his works in America. Esar Levine, whose Harris collection is housed at Princeton University, was one of his employees and disciples. Harris married three times. He died in France on August 27th 1931, of a heart attack. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus in and around suburban Princeton, New Jersey. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Quotes

• "I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers."
• "Sex is the gateway to life."
• "Every new language is like an open window that shows a new view of the world and expands your attitude towards life."
• "Casanova! My dear man, Casanova is not worthy to untie my bootstrings."
• "Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind."
• "What hope is there for humanity, save in confession and reform; in truth and in love."
• "You've never seen the mouth of the Thames at night, have you? It's a scene from wonderland; houses like blobs of indigo fencing you in; ships drifting past like black ghosts in the misty air, and the purple sky above never so dark as the river, the river with its shifting lights of ruby and emerald and topaz, like an oily, opaque serpent gliding with a weird life of its own..."-Harris unsuccesfully encouraging Oscar Wilde to go abroad and avoid the risk of a trial.

Select bibliography

• The Short Stories of Frank Harris, a Selection (1975). Edited by Elmer Gertz; a representative collection
• The Bomb (1908). His first and best novel.
• Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions (1916). The best of Harris's biographical works which, while not entirely accurate, conveys very well its author's great regard for his friend.
• My Life and Loves, complete (1963). Harris's autobiography in its first publication as a single book, with many typographical errors corrected and copious footnotes provided by editor John F. Gallagher.

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References

• Frank Harris (1975) by Philippa Pullar. Of all the biographies this is the most accurate and comprehensive
• Frank Harris (1970) by Robert Brainard Pearsall. New York: Twayne Publishers. In Twayne's English Authors Series. LCC 74-120526, Dewey 828.9/H314p.
• The Playwright and the Pirate, Bernard Shaw and Frank Harris: A Correspondence (1982), edited and with an introduction by Stanley Weintraub. The Pennsylvania State University Press.

External links

• Works by Frank Harris at Project Gutenberg
• Biography by Arthur Armstrong
• Extended bibliography at ibiblio.com
• Esar Levine's Harris collection at Princeton
• Biographical sketch, Crowley diary quotes