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Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Princess Bibesco, 1933 September 13.

BIB_ID
195909
Accession number
MA 13684
Creator
Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957.
Display Date
1933 September 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 33.1 x 20.5 cm
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking her for her praise of his book [i.e. An American visitor], explaining the origin of his name and his family history, expressing his appreciation for Princess Bibesco's sympathetic understanding of the novel's heroine, Marie [Hasluck], who, he notes has been widely treated with contempt by the critics; discussing the character of Marie and defending her basic integrity, with references to the actual woman after whom she was modeled.