Manuscripts

Amis, Kingsley. Difficulties with Girls: unfinished novel: summary of unwritten ending, and statement of reasons for not publishing the novel, MS. (typewritten: 4 p.), Not the novel with the same title that was published in 1988

Description: The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1982, June 7.
Call number: AMS 22.
Creator: Amis, Kingsley(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from various sources; please consult Finding Aid for details.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The literary copyright is owned by Martin Amis and Jonathan Clowes.
Associated people: Aldiss, Brian W. (1925-2017.); Amis, Martin. (1906-1984.); Betjeman, John, (1911-1968.); Boucher, Anthony, (1924-2012.); Conquest, Robert. (1926-2007.); Dick, Philip K. (1929-1994.); Fussell, Paul, (1905-2000.); Gale, George Stafford. (1912-2002.); Howard, Elizabeth Jane. (1894-1984.); Jacobs, Eric. (1929-1984.); Larkin, Philip. (1931-2013.); Melly, George,; Osborne, John,; Powell, Anthony,; Powell, Violet,; Priestley, J. B.; Salwak, Dale.; Thatcher, Margaret.; Thwaite, Anthony.; Vaizey, John,; Wilson, Colin,
Associated organizations: Bodleian Library.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; HarperCollins (Firm); Oxford University Press.; Penguin (Firm); Random House (Firm); Simon and Schuster, Inc.
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Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
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