BIB_ID
186385
Accession number
MA 3525.1
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[ca. 1957] Jan. 16.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1981.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 8 letters from Maugham to Francis King. Letters are described in 8 individual records (MA 3525.1-8).
Undated, but Maugham thanks King for having his publisher send him The Man on the Rock (identified by Maugham's mention of Spiro); this novel was published in 1957.
Written on stationery with "Villa Mauresque, St. Jean-Cap Ferrat, A.M." printed at the top.
Undated, but Maugham thanks King for having his publisher send him The Man on the Rock (identified by Maugham's mention of Spiro); this novel was published in 1957.
Written on stationery with "Villa Mauresque, St. Jean-Cap Ferrat, A.M." printed at the top.
Summary
Thanking King for having a copy of his latest book [The Man on the Rock] sent to him; praising the book and telling King he has a "great gift"; wondering if King will ever be able to go back to Greece after writing about it "in that way"; mentioning characters from the book [Irvine and Spiro].
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