Autograph and typed letters signed (30) : Ibstone House and Princes Gate, to Vera Watson and Maboth Moseley, ca. 1946-1982.

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Autograph and typed letters signed (30) : Ibstone House and Princes Gate, to Vera Watson and Maboth Moseley, ca. 1946-1982.

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Concerning her problematic relationship with her son Anthony, and her project of publishing the letters of H.G. Wells. She discusses literary matters, and asserts that "Vanity Fair is possibly the best novel written in English ... so much better than anything written by that old humbug Tolstoy." She comments on social problems, blaming street violence on the influence of television, and describing events at the nearby Iranian Embassy.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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