Margaret Forster: Diary of an Ordinary Woman Background Article
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Manuscript draft of article by Margaret Forster entitled 'The Diary of an Ordinary Woman: Fact or Fiction?', The file also includes: Photograph of Margaret Forster (copyright A. Tezenas du Montreal). Printout of photograph of a garden. Manuscript notes from Downhill All the Way by Leonard Woo...
Margaret Forster: Diary of an Ordinary Woman Research and Editing (part 1)
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Research and editorial material including: Fan letters. Research notes. List of alterations to be made in the new edition of the book, after readers pointed out mistakes in the paperback and German editions, 2004. Manuscript draft of bibliography. Press cuttings, photocopies of documents, bookl...
Later typescript draft, chapter 1-24. Clean carbon copy. The file also includes an invoice from the typist, M.H. Leyland, for 'typing Thackeray, approx. 175,000 words, 65 hours', 27 Apr 1977.
Margaret Forster: The Seduction of Mrs Pendlebury Mss (part 1)
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Manuscript draft, chapter 1-10. The file also includes a note handwritten by Margaret Forster to Marion, annotated by Hunter Davies as follows: 'Note to typist'.
Margaret Forster: Green Dusk for Dreams/The Triple Kingdom Ts
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Typescript draft. 228 pages, plus three earlier drafts of page number 1 (one manuscript and two typescript). On the title page two titles appear, 'Green Dusk for Dreams' (typed) and 'The Triple Kingdom' (handwritten).