Title | Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Chalet Beau Site, Les Diablerets, Switzerland to Mrs L.A. Clarke, 'Torestin', Broadway, Ripley, Derbyshire; [3 Feb. 1928] |
Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; jokes about Frieda and Aldous Huxley's attempts to ski, and regrets that his health stops him from having a go too; comments on the bad news about the Buwell Shop, and asserts that 'Pamela' [Emily King] should take a hand in the business; informs her that he is collecting his poems together for a collected edition, and urges her to keep the first editions; signed 'Love to all of you, DHL'.
Includes an envelope (La Ac 1/1/187/2) addressed to Mrs L.A. Clarke, 'Torestin', Broadway, Ripley near Derby, Angleterre; stamps and most of the postmark have been torn away.
Date: Letter is dated 'Friday'; date provided is from 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 286-287. |