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“Mind you, I expect ‘The Justice Clerk’ to be my masterpiece”

Posted on November 26, 2022 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2497.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, pp. 312-17; http://www.hathitrust.com%5D [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, Upolu, Samoan Islands, 1 December 1892 My dear Charles, I am sending off by this mail a … Continue reading →

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“If you are going to make a book end badly, it must end badly from the beginning”

Posted on October 22, 2022 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2479.] To J.M. Barrie [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 143-5] [The beginning dictated to Belle] Vailima Plantation, November 1st, … Continue reading →

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“All well, not yet put in prison, whatever may be in store for me”

Posted on October 16, 2022 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 7, 2477.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 135-42] [Dictated to Belle] Vailima, October 28th [actually 27th], 1892 … Continue reading →

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