So I Have Thought of You: The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald

So I Have Thought of You: The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald

Terence Dooley

A fascinating collection of letters from the great English novelist – and prolific correspondent – Penelope FitzgeraldAcclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels – including the Booker Prize-winning ‘Offshore’ – and superb biographies, Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most admired authors in Britain during the last century. ‘So I Have Thought Of You’ is an invaluable addition her distinguished oeuvre.Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most distinctive voices in British literature. The prizewinning author of nine novels, three biographies, and one collection of short stories, she died in 2000.

So I Have Thought of You

The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald

Edited By Terence Dooley

Preface by A.S. Byatt

Will dich im Traum nicht stören,

Wär schad un deine Ruh.

Sollst meinen Tritt nicht hören –

Sacht, sacht die Türe zu!

Schreib im Vorübergehen

Ans Tor dir: Gute Nacht

Damit du mögest sehen

An dich hab” ich gedacht.

An dich hab” ich gedacht.

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u62ae94d5-3620-54d7-9d0b-4b111967961a)

Title Page (#u0daf2a2b-07ce-5742-a258-c94d34359d9a)

Epigraph (#u808dfc29-3608-5e21-9d31-9f6f22ca31f6)

PREFACE BY A.S. BYATT (#u6fae6181-2aa3-5a06-8ab8-1bc689951762)

INTRODUCTION (#ub7eae756-9945-530b-87fb-d0a60661c7bb)

A NOTE ON THE TEXT (#u6f2c1e63-bc31-5081-88a2-7443e92e28b3)

I. FAMILY AND FRIENDS (#u4d387528-4d29-5fd1-a9cc-981b711870ec)

Hugh Lee (’Ham’)

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Tina Fitzgerald

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Maria Fitzgerald

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Maryllis Conder (’Willie’)

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Rachel Hichens and Elizabeth Barnett

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Mary Knox

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Helen Knox

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II. WRITING (#litres_trial_promo)

Richard Garnett

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Harold Macmillan

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Mavis Batey

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Malcolm Muggeridge

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Colin Haycraft

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Francis King