Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
- NewmanL/A/A1/25/12
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- 13 May 1931 (Dated Wednesday)
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Asks to rearrange meeting time.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Asks to rearrange meeting time.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Replies to dinner invitation. Mentions the Yeats-Brown fiasco.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Mentions her visits to Germany, Italy and the Labour Party at Brighton. Refers to being saved from Hitler by a marmoset. Covers Lyn's baby, a flood at Monk House, and Leonard's involvement in politics. Mentions that her niece Anne Stephen is at Newnham.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Refers obliquely to a confidence about a man that Lyn has made to her. Mentions a drive in thick fog on Hayward's Heath.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Informs Lyn that she will be busy in the coming week. Wishes Lyn a good holiday. Advises her that the best way of writing a book is not to write at all.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Invites Lyn to a Conversation Club. Mentions the Common Reader and Lyn's book. Commiserates on Lyn's illness. Postscript refers to Winifred Holtby.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Mentions a fainting fit that has confined her to bed. Mentions Lyn's letter to Leonard, and Lyn's exposure of a "false copy" of Madame du Deffand. Refers to her article on Hazlitt. Remarks that progress on her novel is suspended.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Hopes to rearrange her schedule in order to visit Lyn. Describes weather. Thanks Lyn for the map.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Excuses her failure to write with her illness. Delights over her inflatable boat. Mentions violent political argument.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic
Photocopy of ALS to Lyn Newman
Part of Papers of Lyn Newman
Subscribes to the Gazette [the Monologue]. Enthuses about Lyn's enterprise. Mentions that she put in a good word for Lyn as a novel reviewer with Bruce Richmond.
Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic