Manuscripts of Angelica Garnett's autobiography of her later life
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Two versions of a manuscript for Angelica Garnett's autobiography of her life in France. These cover her relationship with Ali Taitai, including their meeting in Morocco in 1967, her move to live in France and her stroke and recovery.
Several versions of a manuscript entitled The Stroke, or Another Life. This seems to be a version of Angelica's autobiography of her later life with altered names and some other amendments. This folder also includes a more factual version with an attempt to disguise the identity of Ali Taitai.
Draft manuscripts for Angelica Garnett's autobiography
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Draft versions of Angelica Garnett's autobiography of her later life. This folder includes copies of correspondence between Angelica and Carole Teller discussing her relationship with Ali Taitai. Angelica seems to have used this as a basis to begin writing about Ali. The drafts have been divided ...
A selection of short pieces of writing by Angelica Garnett. This file includes: - a one-page autobiography - several versions of an obituary for Giovanna Madonia - a description of Angelica's experience sitting for the sculptor Silvia Macrae-Brown - a short essay on late Bloomsbury - notes and dr...
A selection of essays written by Angelica Garnett on various topics. This file includes: - a handwritten essay concerning Leonard Woolf and his role within the Bloomsbury group - a description of Duncan Grant, his character and relationship with Angelica - a longer essay entitled Bunny & Me: ...
Grace Higgins' copy of What Shall We Have Today? by X. Marcel Boulestin and a small black notebook containing handwritten recipes. Both volumes are accompanied by a number of newspaper cuttings listing recipes and meal ideas, including a note signed Q requesting some supper be saved.
Three notebooks containing sketches and writing by Angelica Garnett: - A small brown notebook of graph paper branded Olympic, dated 1968-1969, containing drawings by Angelica Garnett. The book lists the subjects of the drawings as "Meroe ; Atelier Velasquez ; Fez" - A black hardback sketchbook, d...
A notebook bound in black leather containing writing by Angelica Garnett.This volume includes thoughts on Vanessa Bell, a plan of the garden at Charleston house, a diary entry dated 26 Sep 1998, and a description of the pond at Charleston.
A notebook and some loose papers describing Angelica Garnett's life in 2001 and 2006. This folder includes a large green notebook containing some fiction, Angelica's thoughts on painting, and several diary entries from Aug 2001 and from Sep-Dec 2006; loose pages of typed diary entries from Jan 20...