'Another Woman' by Eva Figes, draft unpublished novel, working papers
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Possibly a first attempt at 'Ghosts', under another title, the themes and ideas in both mansuscripts are similar. However none of the text in this draft was used in 'Ghosts', it is a completely new draft.
The Tree of Knowledge by Eva Figes, working papers
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The Tree of Knowledge is the story of Deborah Milton, the widowed daughter of poet John Milton, who laments a world in which an intellegent, capable woman cannot realise her aspirations. Published by Sinclair Stevenson in 1990.
3 issues of GasBag, a 1969 Xerox publication by Epsom & Ewell School of Art, to which Figes had contributed a poem ‘Cards on the table’. Pages are in bags, two paper and one plastic. Gasbag 1/6, Gasbag 1 paper bag with black text, 18pp, coloured pages [contains no contribution by Figes]. ...
Ringbound, blue cover notebook, titled 'Day + Night / Night + Day / The Four Seasons' with autograph notes and drafts relating to the story outline and planning.
Correspondence and papers relating to the Macmillan Women Writers series
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Correspondence relating to the commissioning of books in the Macmillan Women Writers series. Includes correspondence with authors (with synopses of their biographies), Macmillan editors, and others. Containing Eva Figes' comments on outlines and scripts and some copies of the outlines and draft ...
Nelly's Version is the story of Nelly Dean, a woman suffering from amnesia who struggles to work out how and why she finds herself in a hotel with a bag full of cash and no idea where she or the bag has come from. Published by Secker and Warburg in 1977.