Document Reference | La Ac 1/1/184 |
Title | Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Villa Mirenda, Scandicci, Florence to his sister [Ada Clarke]; 6 Jan. 1928 |
Date | 6 January 1928 |
Extent | 1 f |
Level | Item/file |
Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; hopes she received the Christmas gifts; describes their Christmas festivities; wishes he had been able to go to Switzerland with the Huxleys; informs her that they will leave the Villa Mirenda in the spring and possibly go to the ranch [in Taos] or Devonshire; hopes that this year will be better than 1927; asks if she received the books, including the copy of 'The Peep Show' by Walter Wilkinson; signed 'Love! DHL'. |
Term | gifts, Christmas |
celebrations, Christmas |
travel, plans, D.H. Lawrence |
Physical Description | Written in ink on both sides of a single sheet of thin cream paper; dimensions are 270 x 290mm |
Publication Note | James T. Boulton and Margaret H. Boulton with Gerald M. Lacy (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991) vol VI, pp 255-256. |
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Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA42 | Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer | 1885-1930 |
NA368 | Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence | 1887-1948 |
NA75224 | Wilkinson; Walter (-1971); puppeteer; brother of Arthur Wilkinson | -1971 |
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