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Short stories, mainly unpublished and undated typescripts and manuscripts

MS. Pym 92

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Title

Short stories, mainly unpublished and undated typescripts and manuscripts

Shelfmark

MS. Pym 92

Summary

Typescript unless otherwise stated

(fols. 1-29) 'Across a Crowded Room', fair copy, draft with notes, and printed copy from The New Yorker (1979)

(fols. 30-50) 'An Afternoon Visit', two copies

(fols. 51-70) 'Back to St. Petersburg'

(fols. 71-92) 'The Christmas Visit', Church Times, fair copy and draft with notes (1987)

(fols. 93-126) 'The Day the Music Came', three draft copies

(fols. 127-128), 'A Dish of Bones', manuscript fragment

(fols 129-165) 'The English Ladies', draft and fair copies

(fols. 166-199) 'A Few Days Before Winter', two copies

(fols. 200-228) 'The Funeral', two copies

(fols 229-244) 'The German Baron'

(fols. 245-261) 'Goodbye, Balkan Capital' (Civil to Strangers, 1987)

(fols. 262-277) 'A Letter from My Love'

Date

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Language

English

Physical extent

277 Leaves

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Collection contents

Archive of Barbara Mary Crampton Pym

Literary papers and notebooks

Miscellaneous literary papers

Short stories, mainly unpublished and undated typescripts and manuscripts

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