DL/A-Z//MASCHLER T/4 - [Correspondence with Tom Maschler: 1991-1999]
Reference code
DL/A-Z//MASCHLER T/4
Level of description
Sub-file
Title
[Correspondence with Tom Maschler: 1991-1999]
Date/s
1991-1999
Quantity & Format
7 Letters (typescript and MS)
3 Postcards
1 Invitation
1 Printed ephemera
3 Postcards
1 Invitation
1 Printed ephemera
Corporate name
Jonathan Cape
Partisan Review
Partisan Review
Creator
Maschler, Tom
Scope and content
[1991]
030 is a letter from Tom Maschler to Doris Lessing soliciting her opinions on Jonathan Cape's promotional efforts for The Reader.
031 is a letter from Lessing to Maschler detailing the problems she observed on a recent promotional tour. These include scheduling conflicts and errors, a philistine attitude from the public relations staff and a complacent attitude from the publishers. Lessing complains that her complaints are never taken seriously. Mentions having a shared readership with Kurt Vonnegut.
[1995]
032 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing, dealing with a dinner invitation.
033 is a postcard from Maschler to Lessing concerning an unnamed manuscript: "Although the historical element of Julie held me, delighted me, I'm afraid I did have trouble elsewhere." He states that he is returning the manuscript.
[1996]
034 is a postcard from Maschler to Lessing sent from Italy.
035 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing recommending Joseph Mitchell's Joe Gould's Secret.
[1997]
036 is a letter from Lessing to Maschler supplying a short book-cover recommendation of Joe Gould's Secret. She encloses information about "the Book thing" [likely African Skies Library Foundation] that she is involved in in Zimbabwe.
037 is a postcard from Maschler to Lessing thanking her for sending him a copy of a book with an unclear title: "[WC2?]".
[1998]
038 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing. He states that he recently came across her words on reading and consciousness in the Partisan Review and was inspired by their similarity to his own thoughts to send her his own essay, entitled Either/Or [missing], concerning technology. He mentions a novel he is writing about the Luddites.
[1999]
039 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing arranging for her to visit him in France.
040 is an invitation from Jonathan Cape to Lessing to a dinner celebrating Maschler's publishing career.
041 is an undated seating plan. The names are listed alphabetically and by table. Lessing and Maschler are both seated on Table 4.
030 is a letter from Tom Maschler to Doris Lessing soliciting her opinions on Jonathan Cape's promotional efforts for The Reader.
031 is a letter from Lessing to Maschler detailing the problems she observed on a recent promotional tour. These include scheduling conflicts and errors, a philistine attitude from the public relations staff and a complacent attitude from the publishers. Lessing complains that her complaints are never taken seriously. Mentions having a shared readership with Kurt Vonnegut.
[1995]
032 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing, dealing with a dinner invitation.
033 is a postcard from Maschler to Lessing concerning an unnamed manuscript: "Although the historical element of Julie held me, delighted me, I'm afraid I did have trouble elsewhere." He states that he is returning the manuscript.
[1996]
034 is a postcard from Maschler to Lessing sent from Italy.
035 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing recommending Joseph Mitchell's Joe Gould's Secret.
[1997]
036 is a letter from Lessing to Maschler supplying a short book-cover recommendation of Joe Gould's Secret. She encloses information about "the Book thing" [likely African Skies Library Foundation] that she is involved in in Zimbabwe.
037 is a postcard from Maschler to Lessing thanking her for sending him a copy of a book with an unclear title: "[WC2?]".
[1998]
038 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing. He states that he recently came across her words on reading and consciousness in the Partisan Review and was inspired by their similarity to his own thoughts to send her his own essay, entitled Either/Or [missing], concerning technology. He mentions a novel he is writing about the Luddites.
[1999]
039 is a letter from Maschler to Lessing arranging for her to visit him in France.
040 is an invitation from Jonathan Cape to Lessing to a dinner celebrating Maschler's publishing career.
041 is an undated seating plan. The names are listed alphabetically and by table. Lessing and Maschler are both seated on Table 4.
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DL - Doris Lessing Archive
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit
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DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
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DL/A-Z//MASCHLER T - [Correspondence with Tom Maschler of Jonathan Cape]
- DL/A-Z//MASCHLER T/4 - [Correspondence with Tom Maschler: 1991-1999]
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DL/A-Z//MASCHLER T - [Correspondence with Tom Maschler of Jonathan Cape]
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DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit
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