Lot 210
Lawrence, D.H. - Pangbourne, Berkshire
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Autograph letter signed, to Bertie Herbert Farjeon, "Dear Bertie", asking if "that little cottage of yours on your common will be empty?", saying they like Myrtle Cottage "but Pangbourne is repulsive - it sort of smells - women use scent on their clothes, & petrol plus river plus pavement plus women - I suffer by the nose", referring to "picnic with Ros [Thorneycroft, sister of Herbert Farjeon's wife Joan] (not Margaret"); "I'm reading Harrison Ainsworth - Jack Sheppard - & wish I could become an interesting criminal", referring to a river trip "but Faugh! - humanity - I can't bear to be mixed up with it... I'm so sick of mankind", 2 pages, Myrtle Cottage, Pangbourne, Berks, undated [but August 1919]
Footnote
Note: D.H. Lawrence in peevish mood. The property of Farjeon's which Lawrence wanted is understood to have been Spring Cottage in Bucklebury Common, Berkshire.