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Add MS 89203/2/4/59
- Record Id:
- 040-003367146
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040642999.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/2/4/59
- Title:
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Will Self: How the Dead Live (first draft)
- Scope & Content:
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Complete word-processed draft, corrected by hand in pencil, comprising:
- Front and back buff covers to the original file housing the draft, identified as 'first draft' on front cover, some 'post-it' notes attached.
- Title-page and unpublished 'Author's Note' (Orkney, July 1999) which refers to the origin of the novel's title.
- First draft, numbered in pencil pp. 1-272 (some epigraph pages within not numbered), followed by 4 unnumbered pages [273-6].
The first page of the draft ('Prelude') is dated 'April 1999'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359578
040-003367146 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89203 : The Papers of Will Self
Add MS 89203/2 : Will Self: Personal and Literary Papers
Add MS 89203/2/4 : Will Self: Fiction
Add MS 89203/2/4/59 : Will Self: How the Dead Live (first draft) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0006]/036-003359578[0059]/040-003367146
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1999
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 1999
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Side-tabs giving chapter numbers are attached to pages.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)