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Sisterhood; Part in a Movie; The Half Life: early drafts


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    Third draft

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    This draft with alternative title: "Beautiful Stranger."

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    Great Writer; Man Alone; A Part in a Movie: early drafts

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    The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera of Paul Theroux. His works are often semi-autobiographical and are based on his experiences living and traveling around the world. He is noted for his rich, sometimes ironic, description of people and places. The material comprises almost his entire career as a writer and includes multiple drafts of various works from working notebooks to printed galleys. The collection includes novels (1967-2016), short story collections (1972-2014), non-fiction and travel books (1972-2016), and shorter works including reviews, articles, short stories, plays, and lectures (1960-2015); the collection also includes Theroux's working and travel notebooks (1968-2014). The collection also contains professional papers and business correspondence (1963-2015), with publishers, agents, other authors and reader's letters; included in this material are letters from, among others, Eve Auchincloss, Peter De Vries, Margaret Drabble, Nadine Gordimer, Graham Greene, Blanche C. Gregory, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., Houghton Mifflin Company, V.S. Naipaul, Jonathan Raban, Oliver Sacks, Muriel Spark, Stephen Spender, William Styron, and Auberon Waugh. There is also a smaller amount of family material and personal correspondence (1939-2015), with family and friends; this correspondence includes Eugene Theroux, Alexander Theroux, Peter Theroux, Marcel Theroux, Louis Theroux, Anne Theroux, and various other family members. The ephemera consists of photographs, printed material and magazines (1941-1915).

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    The Queen's Touch: early draft

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    With original title: "Hail to the Queen."

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    My Father, Mr. Bones: early draft; Violence in Africa: early draft

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    Note: "Violence" written on the reverse side of last five pages; an autograph rough draft which was rejected, written in Kyoto, Japan.

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    Third draft, with corrections: Parts One-Three

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    Also enclosed in Folder 8: notes.

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    Second draft, with corrections: Parts One-Three

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    Also enclosed in Folder 5: notes.

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