One of a pair of letters to Sir Herbert Read from American novelist and short story writer Edith Wharton. Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature for her most well-known novel “The Age of Innocence”. In this letter, Wharton praises a book of Read's and writes that she may see him in London soon.

In Collection:

• Herbert Read Collection

Creator

• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

Contributor

• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

Subject

• Poets, English
• Anarchists
• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
• Novelists, American
• Poets
• Authors, English
• Authors
• Art historians
• Women novelists
• Novelists

Language

• eng

Date created

• June 20, 1934

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 4 pages

Geographic Coverage

• France--Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

Coordinates

• 48.99861, 2.35694

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Herbert Read Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• File: 9.78

Fonds title

• Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC100

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds

Date digitized

• 2022 to 2023

Technical note

• Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/hwx3-hv33

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