Letter, 1944 July 18, Cae Coed, Corwen, Wales, to Ada McVickar, New York.

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Letter, 1944 July 18, Cae Coed, Corwen, Wales, to Ada McVickar, New York.

Friendly letter remarking on his work-in-progress on Rabelais [i.e., Rabelais, his life...London, Bodley Head, 1948], asking whether Llewelyn [Powys's] Letters (London, John Lane, 1943) have yet appeared in America, commenting on the loss he still feels from Arnold [Shaw's] death, and including passing references to Alyse [Gregory Powys] and Phyllis [Playter].

[4] p. on 1 leaf. Holograph signed, with envelope.

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University of Michigan

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Shaw, Geoffrey Arnold, 1884-1937

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Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963

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English novelist, essayist, and lecturer. From the description of Letter, 1934 Dec. 12, Dorchester, England, to John P. Waters, Cambridge, Mass. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365010 From the description of Correspondence, with Alan Dakers, 1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364799 From the description of Letter, 1944 July 18, Cae Coed, Corwen, Wales, to Ada McVickar, New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 3436480...

Gregory, Alyse, 1884-1967

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Alyse Gregory was a British political campaigner, editor of THE DIAL, suffragette, novelist, and wife of novelist and essayist Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939). From the description of Alyse Gregory correspondence, 1944-1967. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83953354 Alyse Gregory, 1884-1967, social reformer and writer; managing editor of the literary magazine The Dial, 1924-1926; married to English author Llewelyn Powys and close associate of the P...

McVickar, Ada.

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Playter, Phyllis

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Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939

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Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939) came from a family of distinguished British writers, and wrote a wide variety of works, including essays, a biography, a novel, travel books, works of popular philosophy and propaganda, autobiographical memoirs, and "an imaginary autobiography." Married in 1924 to Alyse Gregory, managing editor of the Dial magazine, and a well-known and well-connected New York novelist and essayist, Powys generally divided his active career between the U.S. and his beloved Dorset. He d...