Manuscript, typescript and discards of Challenge to Venus | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Manuscript, typescript and discards of Challenge to Venus

Shelfmark

MS. 12211/25

Summary

Drafts of Challenge to Venus, written under the working title 'Helen, Thy Beauty'. Comprises:

(folder 1) Pages labelled 'small proof-corrections'; a typescript with handwritten annotations, retained in their original ordering system; and a manuscript outline of the original novel structure, under the working title 'The Waterfall', n.d.

(folder 2) Annotated typescript and manuscript of chapters 1-13

(folder 3) Annotated typescript and manuscript of chapters 14-30