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Showing posts with label Helene Hanff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helene Hanff. Show all posts
Monday, 24 September 2012
"Unprejudiced"
" 14 East 95th St.
New York City
MAY 11, 1952
Dear Frank:
Meant to write to you the day the Angler arrived, just to thank you, the woodcuts alone are worth ten times the price of the book, what a weird world we live in when so beautiful a thing can be owned for life -- for the price of a ticket to a Broadway movie palace, or 1/50th the cost of having one tooth capped.
Well, if your books cost what they're worth I couldn't afford them!
You'll be fascinated to learn ( from me that hates novels) that I finally got round to Jane Austen and went out of my mind over Pride & Prejudice which I can't bring myself to take back to the library till you find me a copy of my own.
Regards to Nora and the wage-slaves.
HH"
84 Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff
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