Letters [manuscript]. [1932-194-]

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Letters [manuscript]. [1932-194-]

Six letters to Ralph Straus. Two written from 18 Holly Mount, Hampstead, N.W.S., are written from "Old Dene", Beckley, near Rye, Sussex. Discusses novels published and read by Lindsay including his work on a novel about Dr. Johnson.

1 cm. (8 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7068320

Libraries Australia

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Lindsay, Philip, 1906-

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Historical novelist and film writer, born in 1906, the third son of Norman Lindsay. From the description of Literary manuscripts [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225765237 Author Philip Lindsay was born in Australia, a member of an artistically gifted family. He worked as a journalist in Australia, and published a book of verse there before moving to England, where he became a prolific writer of historical fiction. An expert on Medieval England, he al...

Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950

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English poet. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Tom Turner / 1947 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 506019900 Author. From the description of Letter to a Mr. Holbrook, 1950, February 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699185 From the guide to the Ralph Straus letter to a Mr. Holbrook, 1950, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...