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Christopher Isherwood letters to Rachel and Dorothy Monkhouse

Description: This collection contains five letters written by Christopher Isherwood, one letter to Dorothy Monkhouse and four letters to Rachel Monkhouse. There is also a copy of "All the Conspirators," Isherwood's first novel, inscribed to Rachel Monkhouse. The correspondence between Isherwood and Rachel discusses Isherwood's novel being accepted by publisher Jonathan Cape, Isherwood looking for a new place to live, arranging a visit between Isherwood and Rachel, and Rachel's new farm. The letter between Isherwood and Dorothy expresses Isherwood's condolences on the death of Dorothy's husband Allen. Isherwood's letters were sent from Kensington, England; Berlin, Germany; and Sao Pedro, Portugal.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1928-1936
Call number: mssCIMonk
Creator: Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986)(Opens in new tab)
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Christopher Isherwood letters to Rachel and Dorothy Monkhouse

Manuscripts

This collection contains five letters written by Christopher Isherwood, one letter to Dorothy Monkhouse and four letters to Rachel Monkhouse. There is also a copy of "All the Conspirators," Isherwood's first novel, inscribed to Rachel. The correspondence between Isherwood and Rachel discusses Isherwood's novel being accepted by publisher Jonathan Cape, Isherwood looking for a new place to live, arranging a visit between Isherwood and Rachel, and Rachel's new farm. The letter between Isherwood and Dorothy expresses Isherwood's condolences on the death of Dorothy's husband Allen. Isherwood's letters were sent from Kensington, England; Berlin, Germany; and Sao Pedro, Portugal.

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"All the Conspirators"

Manuscripts

This collection contains five letters written by Christopher Isherwood, one letter to Dorothy Monkhouse and four letters to Rachel Monkhouse. There is also a copy of "All the Conspirators," Isherwood's first novel, inscribed to Rachel Monkhouse. The correspondence between Isherwood and Rachel discusses Isherwood's novel being accepted by publisher Jonathan Cape, Isherwood looking for a new place to live, arranging a visit between Isherwood and Rachel, and Rachel's new farm. The letter between Isherwood and Dorothy expresses Isherwood's condolences on the death of Dorothy's husband Allen. Isherwood's letters were sent from Kensington, England; Berlin, Germany; and Sao Pedro, Portugal.

mssCIMonk

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Monkhouse, Allan, 1858-1936. 2 letters (1924-1927) to Christopher Isherwood, 1904-

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The collection includes drafts of most of Isherwood's works, as well as book reviews, essays, interviews and travel narratives; the collection also includes extensive correspondence files containing letters from W. H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Truman Capote, E. M. Forster, John Lehmann, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, and others. The correspondence files also contain the letters of Isherwood's parents, Frank Bradshaw-Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood, as well as diaries kept by Kathleen, containing references to the first World War. The correspondence files deal with the literary works of Isherwood and others, male homosexuality, Isherwood's interest in Hinduism, World War One and World War Two among other subjects. Also included are important series of poems and other literary manuscripts by Auden and Spender, audiovisual material, photographs and negatives, a scrapbook and ephemera. A box of Addenda was added to the collection in 2020, it contains manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera.

CI 1816-1817.

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Tutin, Dorothy, 1930-. 3 letters (1954-1958) to Christopher Isherwood, 1904-

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CI 2265-2267.

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Monkhouse, Patrick. 40 letters (1922-1929) to Christopher Isherwood, 1904-. With CI 1833: sonnet by Monkhouse, entitled "This Nachtkultur." With CI 1835: a set of lyrics entitled "A Merry Tragicall Lover's Complaint by Christopher B." With CI 1838: poem Monkhouse, entitled "Towards Chivalry." With CI 1853: poem by Monkhouse, entitled "Confidential Swine."

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CI 1819-1858.

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Christopher Isherwood letters to Gerald Hamilton

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A lengthy, affectionate, and gossipy correspondence from Christopher Isherwood to critic and author Gerald Hamilton, notably about Isherwood's own work including various screenplays, his views as a conscientious objector during World War II, Vedanta, discussions of screenwriting and films, including a comparison of silent films and talkies, and news of Denham Fouts, W. H. Auden, Aldous Huxley, and others, including commentary on W. Somerset Maugham's novella "Up at the Villa" and novel "The Hour Before the Dawn." Isherwood writes from various addresses in California, Cheshire, England, and Cannes, France.

mssHM 82401-82421

Christopher Isherwood letters to Rachel and Dorothy Monkhouse

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