Letter - Virginia Woolf to V. Sackville-West,, December 14th, 1924.
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Letter from Virginia Woolf to V. Sackville-West. (MSS 333 SC)
The letter contained in this collection, from Virginia Woolf, a member of the Bloomsbury Group, to V. Sackville-West, was written on December 14th, 1924, from Woolf's home on 52 Tavistock Square in Bloomsbury, London. The letter discusses the possibilities for publishing V. Sackville-West's novelette Seducers in Ecuador, which is referred to in the letter as Seducers for America. The novelette revolves around one man's skewed view of reality and the events which link him to the murder of a friend. It is, according to Michael Stevens, written in the style reminiscent of Henry James' short stories. Seducers in Ecuador was, for many years, V. Sackville-West's favorite of her own publications. In a letter to Woolf (not in this collection), Sackville-West acknowledges Woolf's literary influence upon this book by calling it "our joint progeny." Woolf's admiration for the book is also expressed in correspondence (not in this collection) with V. Sackville-West. The letter in this collection is not transcribed in published collections of correspondence between these two noted authors. It was donated by V. Sackville-West's son Nigel Nicolson, also a biographer of Sackville-West.
The letter contained in this collection, from Virginia Woolf, a member of the Bloomsbury Group, to V. Sackville-West, was written on December 14th, 1924, from Woolf's home on 52 Tavistock Square in Bloomsbury, London. The letter discusses the possibilities for publishing V. Sackville-West's novelette Seducers in Ecuador, which is referred to in the letter as Seducers for America. The novelette revolves around one man's skewed view of reality and the events which link him to the murder of a friend. It is, according to Michael Stevens, written in the style reminiscent of Henry James' short stories. Seducers in Ecuador was, for many years, V. Sackville-West's favorite of her own publications. In a letter to Woolf (not in this collection), Sackville-West acknowledges Woolf's literary influence upon this book by calling it "our joint progeny." Woolf's admiration for the book is also expressed in correspondence (not in this collection) with V. Sackville-West. The letter in this collection is not transcribed in published collections of correspondence between these two noted authors. It was donated by V. Sackville-West's son Nigel Nicolson, also a biographer of Sackville-West.
Dates
- December 14th, 1924.
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 folder ( 1 item )
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu