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DL/A-Z//DRA/3 - [Correspondence with Margaret Drabble 1996-1998]

Reference code
DL/A-Z//DRA/3
Level of description
Sub-file
Title
[Correspondence with Margaret Drabble 1996-1998]
Date/s
28/03/1996-29/11/1998
Quantity & Format
6 Letters (typescript and MS)
9 Postcards
Personal name
Holroyd, Michael, 1935-
Creator
Drabble, Margaret
Scope and content
014 is a letter from Margaret Drabble to Doris Lessing. She recommends her typist, who is "rather like a character in Absolutely Fabulous".

015-017 are postcards from Drabble to Lessing, with some text from Michael Holroyd, mainly discussing plays they have seen together or plan on seeing.

018 is a letter from Lessing to Drabble: "Thank you, thank you – I always feel that I have been for a spell in a dream land – but I do know what effort dream lands need..."

019-023 are postcards from Drabble to Lessing, mainly discussing plays they have seen together or plan on seeing.

024 is a letter from Drabble to Lessing inviting her to visit Porlock.

025 is an undated postcard from Drabble to Lessing confirming a visit to Porlock.

026 is an undated letter from Drabble to Lessing arranging a visit.

027 and 028 are letters from Drabble to Lessing referring to time spent together and arranging new visits.
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