DL/WHI/110 - [Letter, Doris Lessing to John Whitehorn, 05/1949]
Reference code
DL/WHI/110
Level of description
Item
Title
[Letter, Doris Lessing to John Whitehorn, 05/1949]
Date/s
05/1949
Quantity & Format
1 leaf. Letters (typescript)
Personal name
Whitehorn, John
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Creator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
Written from 5 Westbourne Terrace [near Paddington Station, London].
Doris had not taken the furnished flat after all. She had now fixed up with a flat in Pembridge Gardens [Notting Hill Gate], and would be sharing. “It has everything.”
Mentions Osbert Sitwell.
In the meantime she will stay with Helen “… such an incompetent female.”
Smithie would be visiting and she asks John if he would also visit.
She had met up with her godmother and said she would go to church with her.
Doris had not taken the furnished flat after all. She had now fixed up with a flat in Pembridge Gardens [Notting Hill Gate], and would be sharing. “It has everything.”
Mentions Osbert Sitwell.
In the meantime she will stay with Helen “… such an incompetent female.”
Smithie would be visiting and she asks John if he would also visit.
She had met up with her godmother and said she would go to church with her.
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DL/WHI - [Whitehorn Letters]
- DL/WHI/110 - [Letter, Doris Lessing to John Whitehorn, 05/1949]
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DL/WHI - [Whitehorn Letters]