| Content Description | Addresses her 'Dear Catherine'; has just 'swallowed' Carswell's book' ['The Savage Pilgrimage']; describes it as 'awfully well done'; it 'really describes' her my own life to her and it is as though she were reading about 'Elizabeth and Essex'; she is grateful to Carswell for 'L[awrence]'s sake, and my own and 'our' sake'; the Frieda in ['The Savage Pilgrimage'] is 'too 'splendiferous' a female'; has always thought Carswell 'elegant and original'; is sure that the book will get a 'connection with the public'.
Talks about her own Lawrence as 'the demon' that it was her 'fate to struggle with'; Carswell's Lawrence interests her, as does her Frieda; adds that the 'mystery of 2 people is always a mystery, even to themselves'; Lawrence felt women more powerful than men.
Refers to comments made by Ada [Clarke, D.H. Lawrence's sister] that the homage paid Frieda has gone to her head and that 'a little humility is a good thing'; Frieda admits herself conceited about L[awrence]'s love for her as there was nobody but her; feels he loves her 'still and forever and whatever' she does; ends by affirming that 'your book did move' her; signed 'Frieda'.
Date: the letter was originally undated and has been annotated, possibly by John Carswell, with '1932' |