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NewmanL/A/A1/2/5
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GB 275 NewmanL/A/A1/2/5
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ALS to Lyn Newman
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- 13 Aug 1931 (Creation)
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1 p In original envelope. paper
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Discusses potential timescale for his next meeting with Lyn and his travel plans. Describes Vita Sackville-West and Virgina Woolfs' improvements to Monk's House, Rodmell. Mentions the state of economy and John Maynard Keynes' pessimism in their conversations on the subject. Reports that Raymond Mortimer and Roger Fry are staying with him. Gives his views on letters of Merimee and Walpole. Refers to an "excursion into the beau monde" which he found unchanged, where he socialised with Lord and Lady Gage, Maurice Baring and others. Mentions dining with Fanny and Ralph.
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- Woolf, Adeline Virginia (1882-1941) novelist, essayist and critic (Subject)
- Mortimer, Charles Raymond Bell (1895-1980) author and literary critic (Subject)
- Sackville-West, Victoria Mary 'Vita' (1892-1962) afterwards Nicolson, poet, novelist and biographer (Subject)
- Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934) painter and art critic (Subject)
- Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946) Baron Keynes, economist (Subject)