34657 Treffer anzeigen

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, Harcourt Cottage, North Leigh, Witney, Oxon to Anne O’Mara. Kate informs Anne of her safe arrival from London, forwards her new address and gives news of her sister Clare, her brother John (Jack) O’Brien and his wife Ida.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Harcourt Cottage to Clare O’Brien. Kate has to come to London to record a talk for a BBC series in which Irish writers talk of memories of their childhood. She complains about the post and discusses the war at length. She promises to cancel her trip to Illington if Clare is facing a lonely Christmas Day. She notes that her new novel will not come out until January and that she is already struggling with the next one. Two small sections have been removed from the first page by the censor.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien, Powonar, Manchester bearing the message ‘Safe and well’.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Harcourt Cottage, North Leigh, Witney, Oxon to Anne O’Mara. Kate wishes Anne a happy birthday. She regrets that it may not be possible for her to visit her until the autumn, because she cannot stir until she has finished the book [The Last of Summer]. She has had another letter from her publisher asking when they may count on having it. She talks about war shortages and the imaginative solutions people find to get round problems.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 88 Park Mansions, Knightsbridge [London] SW1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has returned to London for a few weeks on business, the nature of which she does not yet wish to reveal. She confesses that she has not yet finished her novel [The Last of Summer], but she hopes she won’t be too long about it. She is staying in a flat lent her by E. M. Delafield, who is in a nursing home. She mentions Mary O’Neill, who is working in a factory.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien in Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin, regretting having forgotten about Fool’s Day and promising to write.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate watched the lunar eclipse last night and wonders if Lorna saw it, too. The weather is bitterly cold and Kate is worried about its effect on Lorna. She refers to a communication she has received from John Jordan. She gives her date of return to Dublin and asks Lorna to book her a room at the Shelbourne. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in Limerick to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, asking her to contact the Hibernian [Hotel?] as she won’t be able to get there on time. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. She continues to carry their Easter happiness in her heart and has sent Lorna an Easter present. She refers to a recent family wedding [that of her niece Kay O’Mara]. She is to see Fay Blacket Gill and the bank as soon as the deeds of the house arrive from Galway. She is to have lunch with Suzanne Czech [director of the International Copyright Bureau?]. She asks Lorna to tell Brown Thomas to get ahead with the gold curtains and Pilkington with the red ones, although she still thinks there is a mistake in their estimate. She is reading Dorothy L. Sayers’ translation of Dante’s Inferno. She confesses to not liking Sayers and grudging her the success of her translation. She urges Lorna not to overwork herself in the garden. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate is annoyed to hear that Lorna is crippling herself in the garden, but delighted to hear that she has written two more poems. She wants to know when Lorna will bring out her first volume. She delves into the subject of curtains and furniture at some length. She asks Lorna to instruct Pilkingtons to direct their letters to Lorna and not to Strand House as she does not want her sister to worry about her extravagance. With envelope.