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Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate is very busy with English Diarists [English Diaries and Journals], writing various things for the Ministry of Information and trying to get a new novel [That Lady] going. She mentions that Elizabeth Dashwood [E. M. Delafield] is recovering from a severe chill, which has made her even thinner than she already is.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives an account of her Christmas with the Dashwoods. She is excited about her book [The Last of Summer] being the Book Society Choice for March, which gives it great send-off and will stimulates sales. She has been asked by the BBC to participate in a series called ‘The Living Image’, but had to postpone her joining in as she must finish her book on diaries [English Diaries and Journals] before the end of the month. Three small sections of the first sheet have been removed by the censor.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate has returned to Devon from a trip to London and found Elizabeth Dashwood gravely ill with an acute stoppage of the intestine. The Irish maid has arrived and is well liked by everyone. Kate has developed a carbuncle on her forehead and, being bandaged up, looks like a hero of Dunkirk. She has taken a lease of a small flat in London, where she intends to return towards the end of the month. She has just received a press cutting from the New York Times, according to which The Last of Summer is the Catholic Book Club choice in the USA. Part of the first sheet has been removed by the censor.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, London WC2 to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives an account of her new flat, the possession of which she owes to Elizabeth Dashwood [E. M. Delafield], who ordered her literary agent to take Kate as a tenant. She discusses the dramatization of The Last of Summer, the rehearsals of which are about to begin; the touring of the play in the provinces, which is scheduled to start on 3 April; and the difficulties of casting. She also discusses her novel [That Lady], which isn’t getting much of a chance to advance. She misses the peace and quiet of Croyle as she is never much good at getting on with writing in town.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her gift of £200 and gives her an account of how the money has been spent. She discusses her agent David Higham, and her attempts to get some of her books reprinted cheaply in Ireland. She acknowledges that in her erratic life Anne has been a constant which Kate feels she has not deserved. She will never forget that having Anne for a sister has been her good fortune in her otherwise unlucky life.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 15 Farm Street, Berkeley Square, London W1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has had an untroubled journey to England and is settled in temporary lodgings found for her by Elizabeth Sprigg. It took her two and a half hours to get re-registered as resident in England and to get her new ration book. London is looking cleaner and brighter, but there are queues everywhere, everyone looks tired and the food is awful. A great feeling of hope and relief permeates the streets and it seems a much happier city than the one she left.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Minerva Club, 28a Brunswick Square, London WC1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her Christmas kindnesses and gives a brief account of her Christmas activities. She refers to her new book, which is being printed but won’t be published until April at soonest. She describes a lengthy argument over the title of book, which has finally been settled, all parties having agreed on That Lady.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 34 Beaufort Gardens, Brompton Road, [London] SW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has applied for a sailing ticket to Ireland as no seats on planes are available until the end of August. Her film negotiations are ongoing.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 34 Beaufort Gardens, Brompton Road, [London] SW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has secured a plane ticket and is looking forward to seeing her sister in a week’s time. The rest of the letter deals in the main with That Lady, which Guthrie McClintic has asked her to dramatize. She emphasises that this time, if she does it, she does it alone with no collaborators, except for the informal assistance of family members. She finds the various film manoeuvres quite amusing, but thinks that this time they will actually come to something.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 8 Richmond Road, Oxford to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her Christmas wishes and apologises for not writing sooner, but she is in a rush to finish the Mary Magdalen script. She is hoping to return to Ireland before the end of the month as she has to read a piece on Hanna Sheehy Skeffington [to the Women’s Social and Progressive League] in Dublin on the 29th. Lacking last page(s).