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"All the Conspirators"

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: 1928
Call number: mssCIMonk
Creator: Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986)

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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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 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.

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. All the Conspirators: [novel: foreword to a new edition], 1957, Apr., MS. (typewritten: 3 p.)

Manuscripts

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 1016.

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. A Writer and His World: Lecture 2: Why Write at All, 1960, MS. (typewritten: 13 p.). With the author's occasional autograph corrections. Delivered at UC Santa Barbara

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CI 1171.

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. A Writer and His World: Lecture 2: Why Write at All: [lecture notes], 1960, MS. (typewritten: 1 p.). Also: carbon copy. Delivered at UC Santa Barbara

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CI 1170.

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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. "Calling names:" [poem], [1930]?, A.MS. (1 p.). Following the above: "For instance once a line:" [poem]. With the author's autograph corrections. On verso: "Sir, no man's enemy, for giving all:" [poem, crossed out by Auden]. The whole: 2 p

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CI 2784.

"All the Conspirators"

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Christopher Isherwood letters to Rachel and Dorothy Monkhouse

Christopher Isherwood letters to Rachel and Dorothy Monkhouse

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. All the Conspirators: [novel: foreword to a new edition], 1957, Apr., MS. (typewritten: 3 p.)

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. A Writer and His World: Lecture 2: Why Write at All, 1960, MS. (typewritten: 13 p.). With the author's occasional autograph corrections. Delivered at UC Santa Barbara

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. A Writer and His World: Lecture 2: Why Write at All: [lecture notes], 1960, MS. (typewritten: 1 p.). Also: carbon copy. Delivered at UC Santa Barbara

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. "Calling names:" [poem], [1930]?, A.MS. (1 p.). Following the above: "For instance once a line:" [poem]. With the author's autograph corrections. On verso: "Sir, no man's enemy, for giving all:" [poem, crossed out by Auden]. The whole: 2 p