DL/WORKS//QUEST - [Works by Doris Lessing: Martha Quest]

DL/WORKS//QUEST

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[Works by Doris Lessing: Martha Quest]

1979-1994

6 Letters (typescript)
1 Pamphlets

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

7 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Doris Lessing and different publishers regarding misprints in Martha Quest and adaptations for film and television. Includes a reading group guide pamphlet on Martha Quest and Doris Lessing (item 001). Item 007 only includes the first page of the letter.

DL/WORKS//QUEST/002 [from Doris Lessing to Eva Hunte, 05/01/1979]

Letter, 3 leaves, typed.
Writes that she is "very worried" about the Martha Quest copy, that has a number of inaccuracies. Writes that this "could only have been possible if the passage had been very carelessly read". Encloses two leaves of notes on the misprints and the corrections to be made.

DL/WORKS//QUEST/004 [from Michael Wills to Doris Lessing, 14/06/1991]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Discusses Lessing's reservations about adapting Martha Quest into a television series. Mentions Lessing's doubts about the medium and style.

DL/WORKS//QUEST/006 [from Doris Lessing to Michael Wills, 15/07/1991]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she has "never been sadder" when writing a letter. Writes "it is very clear to me, and I think perhaps to you too? that there is only one person who can write the scripts".