Ivy Compton-Burnett letters, 1941-1972.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett letters, 1941-1972.

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The collection contains postal cards from Ivy Compton-Burnett to Robin McDouall, 1941-1968, about invitations to tea, lunch, and visits, and a few glimpses into their long friendship and the death of Ivy's longtime friend and companion Margaret Jourdain. Also, contains Ivy's letter to David Garnett, 1956, correcting a factual error about her and Margaret in his autobiography, his 1956 reply, and a 1972 letter from Elizabeth Sprigge to Garnett clearing up further details of the confusion regarding the Jourdain family. Ivy writes three letters to Rosamond Lehmann about a "dialogue" she and Margaret were writing for the miscellany, Orion, edited by Lehmann, and comments on an article by Elizabeth Bowen.

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Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973

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British writer of essays, short stories, and novels. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Brownrigg [?], ca. 1930. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570785 Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1923) was an Anglo-Irish author. Among her many novels are The last September (1929), The house in Paris (1935), The death of the heart (1938), The heat of the day (1948), A world of love (1955), and Eva Trout; or, changing scenes (1968). Her othe...

Jourdain, Margaret

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Sprigge, Elizabeth, 1900-1974

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Garnett, David, 1892-1981‏

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Author and publisher David Garnett was born in Brighton; his mother was a translator, his father a literary adviser, and he grew up in a literary environment. He studied botany at the Royal College of Science, and after graduation went into publishing. He became book critic for New Statesman, and wrote several popular novels, some fantasy and some with realistic themes. He has also written several volumes of memoirs, and edited works by T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Love Peacock. From the...

Compton-Burnett, I. (Ivy), 1884-1969

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Ivy Compton-Burnett was born at Pinner, Middlesex, England, June 5, 1884; educated at Addiscombe College, Howard College, and the Royal Holloway College; wrote first novel, Dolores (1911), while a governess for her younger sisters; wrote over twenty novels in her lifetime, receiving the James Tait Black memorial prize for Mother and son (1955); died, London, England, Aug. 27, 1969. From the description of Literary manuscripts, 1948-1963. (University of California, Los Angeles). World...

Lehmann, Rosamond, 1901-1990

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Rosamond Lehmann was an author, editor, and translator, probably most widely known as a novelist. Born in England to a well-to-do Edwardian family, she attended Cambridge and found success with her first novel, the semiautobiographical Dusty Answer. Her work had a particularly feminine quality, featuring lyrical prose and psychological insight, but slightly repetitive plots; she was often compared with Virginia Woolf as a stylist with a strongly feminine perspective. She also served as vice-pres...

McDouall, Robin, 1908-

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