Bainbridge Papers. Vols. xl-xliv. 'Watson's Apology'; before 1985. Watson's Apology was first published in 1984, by Duckworth. For further material relating to the novel, see Add. 83827.
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John Selby Watson, cleric and scholar: Research files and notebooks of Beryl Bainbridge rel. to John Selby Watson: circa 1984: Partly copies.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xlv-xlviii. 'A Weekend with Claud'; before 1968-1981. A Weekend with Claud was first published in 1967, by Hutchinson New Authors. The novel was later rewritten with characters bearing different names and published in 1981 by Duckworth as A Weekend with Claude. For draft sections of A Weekend with Claud, see Add. 83796.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. (ff. ). xlix. Draft of Winter Garden; circa 1979-1991. Typewritten with occasional autograph revisions. Winter Garden was first published in 1980, by Duckworth. Contains a note on f. 1 that the volume was given to Philip and Psiche Hughes and that the novel was based on a...
Bainbridge Papers. Vols. l-li. 'Young Adolf'; before 1979. Young Adolf was first published in 1978 by Duckworth and was later used as the basis for 'The Journal of Bridget Hitler', which was transmitted on BBC2 in 1981.