DL/A-Z//PROF - [Correspondence with Stuart Proffitt of Penguin UK]

DL/A-Z//PROF

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[Correspondence with Stuart Proffitt of Penguin UK]

1994-2004

13 Letters (typescript and MS)
5 Postcards
1 Invitation

Proffitt, Stuart
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

19 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Stuart Proffitt of Penguin Publishing UK and Doris Lessing, regarding editing her book Walking in the Shade, as well as general and personal matters.

DL/A-Z//PROF/002 [from Doris Lessing to Stuart Proffitt, undated]

Letter, 1 leaf. typed.
Points out that Proffitt made "far more" corrections to the manuscript of Walking in the Shade compared to Love, Again and Under my Skin. Writes that it has "a different shape" to those earlier books, as it is a biography. Mentions the difference between her and Proffitt in terms of "political generations". References The Golden Notebook. Writes that she has "never spent more time on revising, revising, going through, again and again, a book".

DL/A-Z//PROF/003 [from Stuart Proffitt to Doris Lessing, 13/05/1998]

Letter, 1 leaf, handwritten.
Discusses advertising and publicity for Walking in the Shade and writes that he hopes it does as well as Under my Skin did.