Enid Bagnold letters to Clifford Musgrave, 1944-1953.

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Enid Bagnold letters to Clifford Musgrave, 1944-1953.

The collection consists of five typed letters from Enid Bagnold to Clifford Musgrave, including: 4 Sept. 1944, reporting that she may not attend Children's Book Week, as her son in Italy had his leg amputated and she must jump at any chance to see him; 15 Aug. 1952, looking for books on criminology, possibly at the Brighton Public Library. Also, 18 Aug. 1952, empathizing with Musgrave's chicken pox, and looking for resources on acquitted murderesses, including a book titled Mainly murderesses, for a play she is writing; 20 Aug. 1952, unsent postal card commenting on Lustgarten's works and her own Loved and envied; 7 Dec. 1953, citing prior travel obligations in declining an invitation, and looking forward to catching up with him upon their return.

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Bagnold, Enid, 1889-1981

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Enid Bagnold, a twentieth-century British author, is best known for her novel National Velvet (1935) and her play "The Chalk Garden" (1955). Born in Rochester, England she spent much of her early life abroad. As a child Bagnold lived in Jamaica where her father was stationed with the Royal Engineers. She was educated in Germany and France. During World War I, Bagnold served in an English hospital and drove an ambulance for the French army. Drawing on these expe...

Musgrave, Clifford

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