BRACERS Record Detail for 56300

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
630
Source if not BR
Ximenes Rare Books
Recipient(s)
Britton, Lionel
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1948/12/03
Form of letter
TLS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LD
Notes and topics

Britton needs for his book a philosopher, "somebody like Sartre, who combines philosophy with works of imagination".

Transcription

BR TO LIONEL BRITTON, 3 DEC. 1948
BRACERS 56300. TLS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell

18, Dorset House,
Gloucester Place,
LONDON, N.W.1.
3rd December, 1948.

Lionel Britton, Esq.,
Park House,
66, Tufnell Park Road,
N.7.

Dear Mr. Britton,

I have racked my brains to think of a philosopher who would be any good as regards your book. You really want somebody like Sartrea, who combines philosophy with works of imagination, but I do not know anybody in England who fits this description. Every British philosopher I have been able to think of would be quite hopeless at the job, so I must leave it to you to take the risk, which I am afraid is considerable.

Yours,
<signed> Russell

Textual Notes

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    Sartre replaced by hand Satre

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
56300
Record created
Dec 22, 2005
Record last modified
Oct 03, 2023
Created/last modified by
duncana