Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1902-1911.

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Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1902-1911.

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The friendly and brief communications from H. G. Wells to Morley Roberts generally indicate that they saw each other in person. One item in 1903 is a card with drawing in which he is depicting himself sitting in sackcloth and ashes (picking up on what he had written in a note the previous day, with regard to missing an appointment with Roberts). A card in December 1903 concerns the death of George Gissing. In a note in December 1905, Wells inquires whether Roberts would like to join the Fabian Society (the lower right corner, where Wells's signature would have been, is cut away). A few items also reflect that they read each other's work: a card (1905?) acknowledges something that Roberts wrote to him about his novel Kipps; a letter (1911?) refers to Roberts's Thorpe's way; and a postcard from Bern, Switzerland, again acknowledges Roberts's having written positively about Wells's latest book, and Wells indicates that he looks forward to reading Roberts's new work.

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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