| Content Description | Addresses her 'Dear Catherine'; was 'flamoxed' when [John Middleton] Murry threatened libel action; Murry has said that Carswell has made Lawrence 'a feminine darling' and Frieda thinks he 'could also be that' but she also felt 'affection and admiration' for L[awrence] in ['The Savage Pilgrimage']; describes Murry as an 'incomprehensible fish' but believes he 'adored Lawrence terribly' and had to write his book ['Son of Woman'] to help 'bring out Lawrence's inner meaning'; discusses Lawrence's love as 'terrific and so not ordinary'; he wanted to 'chase us all into our own ultimate pure self and being'; she can't be responsible for what is said about Lawrence; wishes Carswell had the money to print the book ['The Savage Pilgrimage'] privately; adds as a postscript that she wants to go to the ranch, and is sure Carswell does; signed 'F'.
Date: the letter is undated, the envelope is postmarked 26 Jul 1932
Includes a plain envelope (CC C 2/13/3) addressed to Mrs Catherine Carswell, 15 Keats Grove, Hampstead, NW, London; the envelope bears one brown 3 halfpence stamp and is postmarked Hammersmith 12.5PM 26 Jul 1932, another stamp reads 'Trade follows the phone'. |