Typescript draft. With handwritten corrections. 166 pages, bound in folder labelled 'Curtis Brown Ltd'. The file also includes a cover letter from Martin Secker & Warburg sending back to Margaret Forster the typescript which was found whilst clearing their office, 21 Sept 1971.
Manuscript draft of six short autobiographical pieces (possibly articles) by Margaret Forster, as follows: 'Entertaining', 3 pages, all with writing on both sides. 'Travel', 3 pages, all with writing on both sides. 'Que Sera Sera', 3 pages, all with writing on both sides. 'Servants', 3 pages, a...
Manuscript draft of unpublished novel by Margaret Forster entitled 'Headcase'. 160 pages, undated, possibly between 1971 and 1974 - as it's marked 'number 9' and Miss Owen-Owen is at Home (1969) is marked 'number 6'.
Margaret Forster: Ross Hunter and His Fight Against the World
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Margaret Forster's children book 'Ross Hunter and His Fight Against the World', unpublished, as follows: Early and later manuscript drafts. Early and later typescript drafts.
Margaret Forster: Ross Hunter and His Fight Against the World Later Draft
Scope & Content:
Later manuscript draft (with pages of corrected typescript) and clean copy typescript, [early 1970s]. Both manuscript and typescript are entitled 'Ross Hunter and His Fight Against the World' and the typescript is labelled 'Richard Scott Simon Ltd', literary agency.
Material relating to an unfinished novel by Margaret Forster, as follows: Photocopy of manuscript draft, untitled, 58 pages. Press cuttings relating to detention centres and refugees, 2015. Printout of email from Hunter Davies to his children about the manuscript and the fact that a copy of it h...
Press reviews (originals and photocopies) of the following works: Mother Can You Hear Me?, 1981. Significant Sisters, 1984-1985. Daphne du Maurier, 1993. Shadow Baby, 1996. Rich Desserts and Captain's Thins, 1997-1998. Hidden Lives, 1995-1996. Precious Lives, 1998. The Memory Box, 1999. Also in...
Additional material relating to works by Margaret Forster, as follows: Press reviews. Proofs of book covers. Biographical material. Interviews. Notes about books entered for literary awards.
Press reviews (originals and photocopies) of the following works: Diary of an Ordinary Woman, 2003. Is There Anything You Want?, 2005. Keeping the World Away, 2006. Over, 2007. Isa and May, 2010. The Unknown Bridesmaid, 2013. My Life in Houses, 2014.