To Michal from Serge: Letters from Charles Williams to His Wife, Florence, 1939-1945These letters to "Michal," Williams endearing name for his wife, from "Serge," a moniker by which his most intimate friends addressed him, are more than just a collection of love letters--they are significant for what they tell us about the man, for the light they throw on his work, and for the way they show Williams in the context of his literary contemporaries (C. S. Lewis, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, Dorothy L. Sayers, Christopher Fry, and Edith Sitwell). In fact, Williams felt that T. S. Eliot and C. S. Lewis were the only two people other than his wife to whom he could talk seriously about important matters |
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Page 103
... soon as I do some time next week . I am always more devoted to you when I have money to send you soon . 211 As for my contacts — I insist on being allowed to tell you . Dr. Welch111 has been reading Cranmer “ twice . . . immensely moved ...
... soon as I do some time next week . I am always more devoted to you when I have money to send you soon . 211 As for my contacts — I insist on being allowed to tell you . Dr. Welch111 has been reading Cranmer “ twice . . . immensely moved ...
Page 177
... soon to do something about Flecker ; Mrs. F. is obviously yearning . Underhill ought to be out soon ; I have returned the poems for page proofs . As things have turned out , after Beatrice , I think they may have a chance of more sales ...
... soon to do something about Flecker ; Mrs. F. is obviously yearning . Underhill ought to be out soon ; I have returned the poems for page proofs . As things have turned out , after Beatrice , I think they may have a chance of more sales ...
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... soon as I have read them . This is what we did once - only not much . But perhaps they are not doing it much ... I babble ; it is because I am still irritable and sick at heart . I mustn't go all over it again . You encircle me like the ...
... soon as I have read them . This is what we did once - only not much . But perhaps they are not doing it much ... I babble ; it is because I am still irritable and sick at heart . I mustn't go all over it again . You encircle me like the ...
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