BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [5 JUNE 1919]
BRACERS 19485. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

<Holmbury St. Mary>
Friday1^, 2^, 3

Sir Harry Johnstone, The Gay Dombeys4
The Moon and Sixpence, by Maugham5

My Darling

Here are 2 novels recommend by Elizabeth6 — 

My address is
Shiffolds,7
Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking.

Do write a line to reach me Sunday — It was lovely getting a glimpse of you today8 —

All my love, my lovely Cherub —

B

• 1

  [document] Document 200473.

• 2

  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 34 Russell Chambers | Bury Street | W.C.1. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W.11. | 8.45 PM | 5 JUN 19. The envelope belongs to a letter that cannot be identified.

• 3

  [date] The date is taken from BR’s pocket diary entry. The 6th of June was a Friday.

• 4

  Sir Harry Johnstone, The Gay Dombeys Actually Sir Harry Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel (New York: Macmillan, 1919). Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (1959–1927) was a British explorer and colonial administrator in Africa. His novel is a sequel to Dombey and Son (London: Chapman & Hall, 1846) by Charles Dickens.

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  The Moon and Sixpence, by Maugham A novel (London: Grosset & Dunlop, 1919) by Somerset Maugham based on the life of Paul Gauguin.

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  Elizabeth Elizabeth Trevelyan. BR was staying with her and her husband, Robert Trevelyan  (1872–1951), a poet.

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  Shiffolds The home of Robert and Elizabeth Trevelyan, old friends of BR.

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  a glimpse of you today Colette must have returned from her holiday in Paris with her mother Priscilla.