Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/209
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Hotel Beau Rivage, Bandol [France] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Broadway, Ripley, Derbyshire; 11 Jan. 1929
Date	11 January 1929
Extent	1 f (plus envelope)
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; mentions a visit from Barby Weekley [Frieda's daughter]; discusses Ada's view of him; puts forward his views about 'little prigs' like 'Peg' [Margaret King], and thinks they should be made to read 'Lady Chatterley'; tells her to read an article he has written in next week's 'Sunday Dispatch'; and refers to some of his forthcoming visitors; signed 'love DHL'. Includes an envelope (La Ac 1/1/209/2) addressed to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Mrs L.A. Clarke, Broadway, Ripley nr Derby, Angleterre; postmarked Ba[ndol], Var, [?].1.29; contains one blue 1 franc 50 stamp.
Term	publications, novels, D.H. Lawrence 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'
	young, D.H. Lawrence attitudes toward
	sexual conduct, D.H. Lawrence's opinions on
Physical Description	Written in blue ink on both sides of a sheet of pale blue paper; dimensions are 130 x 210mm.
Publication Note	Keith Sagar and James T. Boulton 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991) vol VII, pp 126-127.

Persons

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
NA3377	Barr; Barbara (1904-1998); née Weekley; daughter of Frieda and Ernest Weekley	1904-1998
NA5203	Needham; Margaret Emily (1909-2001); née King; known as 'Peg'; niece of D.H. Lawrence	1909-2001