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Letter from Odette Keun, Huelgoat, France, to Rebecca West, between 1924 and 1933 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
454917
Accession number
MA 14645.3
Creator
Keun, Odette, 1888-1978, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 26.9 x 20.9 cm
Notes
Dated "Huelgoat, August 26th".
Written in pencil on printed letterhead stationery from: 124, Quai d'Auteuil XVIe / Tel: Auteuil 71-89.
Keun lived in France with her partner, H.G. Wells, from 1924 to 1933.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Saying they [she and "Pidoo," her nickname for H.G. Wells, see MA 14645.1] are leaving Britain in a few days--by leisurely stages, "for my wretched face still swells up like a balloon as soon as it's tired--for Paris"; having to put flat together "But by the 7th of September I'll have it all in working order again"; asking when Rebecca will be in Paris and inviting her to stay if she doesn't "object to an austere little bed which will remind you of your schooldays"; wishing her a pleasant holiday.