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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner MSC 26/2.16/432 |
Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Extract |
Letter Date | 22 March 1908 |
Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
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Who To | S.C. (‘Cron’) Cronwright-Schreiner |
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Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
Legend |
The Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner were produced by Cronwright-Schreiner in preparing The Life and The Letters of Olive Schreiner. They appear on slips of paper in his writing, taken from letters that were then destroyed; many of these extracts have also been edited by him. They are artefacts of his editorial practices and their relationship to original Schreiner letters cannot now be gauged. They should be read with considerable caution for the reasons given. Cronwright-Schreiner has written the date and where it was sent from onto this extract.
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…asked me to write my name on a bit of paper for her; the sweet
2little woman flushed up to the roots of her hair & said, ‘You know I
3never saw a great person before & I’m so happy to have seen you! I
4couldn’t help laughing at the ‘great person’…
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2little woman flushed up to the roots of her hair & said, ‘You know I
3never saw a great person before & I’m so happy to have seen you! I
4couldn’t help laughing at the ‘great person’…
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