Uncollected Stories and Short Fiction: 'After the Farm'
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript. With covering note by Swift: 'MS of abandoned story/?beginning of novel, provisionally titled (?) "After the Farm" - 1977. (Set in rural Kent, involves eel and character called Dick).'
Last Orders: 'Editing and Copy-Editing Notes and Notes for Proofs'
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Various notes, including two letters (1995) from Swift to Macmillan concerning changes required (list provided) before going to proof stage. Also, a list of quotations from, and allusions to, song lyrics in the novel.
'On Reading Aloud' (Cheltenham Festival of Literature)
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Typescript and a photocopy of its publication in The Daily Telegraph [October 1991], together with a brief exchange (card and covering letter) between Swift and the newspaper. Also, a set of notes in Swift's hand (11 small sheets).
Talk Prepared for the Cheltenham Literature Festival
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Two typescript drafts of a talk delivered at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature (October 2008), addressing the question: 'Which writers have influenced you?' An annotation at the head of the second draft notes that the talk was adapted from an essay on Isaac Babel (collected in Making an Ele...
Last Orders: Typescript Draft 'A3', Designated 'Penultimate Working Copy'
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1. Typescript draft (dated 31 May 1995 on final sheet 255) designated as 'A3' in the footer to each sheet, and identified as 'penultimate working copy' on the title page. Sheets numbered 1-255, with two sheets numbered: 10, 21, 27, 33, 41, 42, 46, 63, 64, 69, 83, 84, 87, 105, 106, 119, 152, 176,...
1. Typed list of pages replaced 18 January 2002, and a note of chapters checked. 2. Single sheet of autograph notes. 3. Three sets of replacement pages, sheets numbered: 17, 61, 76, 91, 104, 139-42, 144, 154, 156, 167, 222, 226, 230, 232, 243, 248, 252. The first set has revisions in pencil to...