Draft pages of reviews written by Penelope Fitzgerald, including those on: • Hermione Lee’s biography of Virginia Woolf (1996) – one page, autograph, recto and verso. • A N Wilson’s biography of C S Lewis (1990) – 11 pages, annotated typescript and autograph notes. Other subjects feature on th...
Other Family Correspondence, Friends, and Former Students
Scope & Content:
Contains letters to Penelope Fitzgerald from family (except those listed in separate files within this sub-series) and friends. Includes letters from Maryllis Condor (‘Willie’); Hugh Lee (‘Ham’); and Janet Probert (née Russell). Generally, correspondence from friends has been included in this fi...
Contains: a plan, by A B W Greenhough, architect, of Leominster, for the removal of benches at St Michael's church, Knill, Herefordshire to make room for a proposed prayer desk; a letter from the building contractor to Greenhough; and a letter from O[liver] Morel, of Llanveynoe, Monmouthshire, en...
Jane Austen, Persuasion (London: Penguin, 1973); Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes, Selected Poems (London: Faber and Faber, 1962); L. P. Hartley, Eustace and Hilda (London: Faber and Faber, 1952) annotated by Penelope Fitzgerald
Joseph Conrad, Lucky Jim (London: Penguin, 1969); D. H. Lawrence, The Ladybird (London: Penguin, 1967); Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (London: Penguin, 1980); Samuel Beckett, Molloy(London: Calder and Boyars, 1966) annotated by Penelope Fitzgerald
Items relating to talks and professional appearances given by Penelope Fitzgerald, including: • Autograph notes for an event ‘In Conversation’ with Christopher Hope in 1989 (one page of the notes’ contents are actually about autobiographical details from Fitzgerald’s life and writing career) as...