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CC - Papers of Catherine Carswell (1879-1946), novelist, journalist and biographer
- C - Correspondence; 1914-1991
  - 2 - Letters from Frieda Lawrence to Catherine Carswell; 1916-c.1933

Document Reference	CC C 2/9
Title	Letter from Frieda Lawrence, Les Asphras, Route de Coursegoules, Vence to Catherine Carswell; 1931
Date	1931 (c)
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Access Conditions	Use of original restricted; surrogate copy available.
Content Description	Addresses her 'Dear Catherine'; has just finished 'your Burns' ['Life of Robert Burns' by Catherine Carswell] and it has left her 'sad and bitter for him'; the last pages are 'simple and impressive' and 'somehow so Scotch'; feels Lawrence would have approved; 'Barby' [Frieda's daughter] is much better; describes Lawrence's suffering as always 'worthwhile'; does not know where she is without him and he will 'never be dead ... even his death seems life again'; expresses regret that they attack her 'on that Burns book'; mentions that 'Monty' [Frieda's son Charles Montague Weekley] is on his honeymoon and is thankful that two of her children are 'launched'; describes 'Barby's 'great sensitiveness' without her [Frieda's] 'strength to balance it'; feels a bond with 'everybody that Lawrence was fond of'; signed 'Frieda'. Date: the letter was originally undated and has been annotated, possibly by John Carswell, with '1931'; the reverse of the letter also bears black ink mark and annotation by an unknown hand
Term	publications, biographies, Catherine Carswell 'Life of Robert Burns'
Copyright	Copyright: The Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli. Reproduction rights: University of Nottingham.
Physical Description	Written in blue ink on both sides of a single folio unlined paper; dimensions are 270 x 210 mm; one horizontal fold in the paper.

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA3377	Barr; Barbara (1904-1998); née Weekley; daughter of Frieda and Ernest Weekley	1904-1998
NA3383	Weekley; Charles Montague (1900-1982); son of Ernest and Frieda Weekley	1900-1982
NA169	Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950	1879-1956
NA166	Carswell; Catherine Roxburgh (1879-1946); née MacFarlane; novelist and journalist	1879-1946

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