Last writings and papers
MS. Eng. c. 7874
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Last writings and papers
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7874
Summary
Comprises:
'The death of Penelope' concerning the death of Penelope Betjeman, Apr. 1986
Letter to Chatwin from Michael Ignatieff, 8 July 1988
Draft of short story 'The Seventh Day', based on Chatwin's experience as an 8 year old at Old Hall School in Wellington, published in The London Review of Books, 1988
Page references for a book that Chatwin was reading, [1988?]
Draft fragment of unfinished Russian novel provisionally titled 'Lydia Livingstone', c.1988
Draft of unfinished novel 'Lydia Livingstone' dictated by Chatwin to his wife Elizabeth, c.1988
Typescript draft of unfinished novel 'Lydia Livingstone', c.1988
Contribution on Anna Karenina to Tatler article 'End games: You rewrite my novel darling and I'll rewrite yours', Dec. 1989
Notes and draft paragraphs titled 'Honey' concerning Vietnam veteran Roderick Wilson and the war book he was writing in Paris, and later burned, n.d.
Short story of Mary and her father in Melbourne titled 'Crossed-lines', n.d.
Date
1986-1989
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of (Charles) Bruce Chatwin
Last writings and papers
Last writings and papers
