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Notebook of Edith Simon, containing manuscript draft excerpts of the novel 'The Twelve Pictures', with accompanying notes throughout, ?2 July 1953-13 November 1954

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Identifier: Acc.13772/130

Scope and Contents

Notebook was begun on [?2 July 1953] and completed on 13 November 1954. The inner title page reads as 'Revised Attempt. The Twelve Pictures', while the first substantive heading reads as 'The First Picture is the Picture of the Three Wedding Nights at the Royal Court ...' The notebook also contains a newspaper cutting from The Sunday Times, featuring a photograph of Albert Einstein, titled 'Portrait Gallery: Science and Humanity (14 March 1954); and eight loose manuscript pages of notes and draft material [?28 April 1953].

Dates

  • Creation: ?2 July 1953-13 November 1954

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Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

The Twelve Pictures (UK edition Cassell 1956; US edition Putnam 1955)

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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