| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 185 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1935 : Copenhagen ; Brussels ; Amsterdam ; Sintra, Portugal -- 1936 : Sintra, Portugal ; Ostende ; Brussels -- 1937 : Brussels ; Luxembourg ; Dover -- 1938 : Paris ; Marseilles ; Djibouti ; Ceylon ; Singapore ; Hong Kong ; Canton ; Hankow ; Shanghai ; "Empress of Asia" ; Dover ; Brussels -- 1939 : New Haven, Connecticut ; New York City ; Grand Canyon ; Hollywood ; Santa Monica |
| Summary |
Edited and with an introduction by Lisa ColettaKathleen and Christopher collects more than one hundred previously unpublished letters Christopher Isherwood wrote to his mother between 1935 and 1940. Composed while Isherwood was still a struggling writer, these letters offer a brilliant eyewitness account of Europe on the brink of war and an intimate look at the early career of a major literary figure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 -- Correspondence
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Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960. fast (OCoLC)fst00436723 |
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. fast (OCoLC)fst00038580 |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
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Mothers and sons -- England
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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Authors, English.
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Mothers and sons.
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English Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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England.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960.
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Colletta, Lisa.
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| LC no. |
2005011746 |
| ISBN |
9780816697311 |
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0816697310 |
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