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Creator:
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 and Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937
Abstract:
The Galsworthy mss., 1900-1932, consist of correspondence of John Galsworthy, 1867-1933, novelist, with Edward Garnett, 1868-1937, author.
Extent:
1 Box
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Galsworthy mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

The Galsworthy mss., 1900-1932 contains the correspondence between authors John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and Edward Garnett (1868-1937). Born in Surrey England, Galsworthy attended Harrow and new College, Oxford. At the latter, he trained as a lawyer, but turned away from the trade and joined the Galsworthy family shipping business. While he is known as a playwright and novelist, he is best known for The Forsyte Saga: an epic about familial life.

Garnett was born in London, where his father worked as a librarian at the British Museum. He only attended school at the City of London School for a few years, but was an avid reader who went on to work as an editor for several London publishers including T.Fisher Unwin, Gerald Duckworth and Company, as well as Jonathan Cape. Garnett played a role in publishing now-famous novels including D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers (1913), as well as works by Galsworthy and T.E. Lawrence.

Scope and Content:

The Galsworthy mss., 1900-1932, consist of correspondence of John Galsworthy, 1867-1933, novelist, with Edward Garnett, 1868-1937, author. There are a few letters of Galsworthy to Mrs. Constance (Black) Garnett. The draft of Galsworthy's sketch, The Kings, Aug. 17, 1904, is included in the collection.

The majority of the letters are from Galsworthy and are concerned chiefly with his own work. They contain some criticism of Garnett's writings. The Garnett letters present in the main criticism of Galsworthy's writings. The letters of both men comment on the writings of other authors, among these being Samuel Butler, Joseph Conrad, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii, Ford Madox Ford, William Henry Hudson, Rudyard Kipling, David Herbert Lawrence, Harold Alfred Manhood, Edgar Lee Masters, George Bernard Shaw, Il'i͡a L'vovich Tolstoĭ, Herbert George Wells, and Henry Williamson.

The following letters from this collection have been printed in Letters from John Galsworthy, 1900-1932, ed. ... by Edward Garnett (London, Jonathan Cape, 1934). Pages on which each letter appears in the book are given in parentheses after the date of the letter.

Letters of Galsworthy to Garnett:

  1. 1902: Feb. 12 (pp. 31-32), 25 (pp. 33-35); May 10 (pp. 36-37), 11 (p. 39); Sept. 10 (p. 40); Nov. 5 (p. 44), 10 (p. 45), 18 (p. 46);
  2. 1903: Apr. 6 (pp. 47-48), [May] (p. 50), Oct. 17 (p. 52);
  3. 1905: Feb. 1 (pp. 56-57); May 13 (pp. 61-63), 16 (pp. 64-65), 25 (pp. 66-67); June 1 (pp. 73-78), 2 (pp. 79-80), [6] (pp. 84-86), 14 (pp. 90-91), 26 (pp. 92-93); July 13 (p. 96), 24 (pp. 97-98);
  4. 1906: Jan. 6 (pp. 101-103); Feb. 4 (p. 106), 9 (pp. 107-108), 22 (pp. 109-110); Mar. 10 (pp. 114- 115); July (pp. 116-117); Aug. 17 (p. 118), 25 (pp. 119-120); Sept. 30 (p. 122); Sept. (p. 121); Oct. 25 (p. 123), 27 (pp. 124-125); Nov. 3 (p. 126);
  5. 1907: Jan. 2 (p. 130), 25 (p. 131); Feb. 10 (p. 132), 17 (pp. 133-135), 20 (p. 136), 24 (pp. 137-138); Mar. 2 (p. 139), 9 (p. 140) [date published as May 3], 16 (p. 143); July 16 (p. 144), 22 (p. 145), 26 (p. 146); Aug. 11 (pp. 147-148) [enclosed is suggested letter to "The Censor," G.A. Redford, drafted by Galsworthy] (pp. 149- 151), 15 (pp. 152-153), 19 (p. 154), 30 (p. 155); Oct. 10 (p. 156), 21 (pp. 157-158); Dec. 14 (p. 159), 31 (pp. 160-161);
  6. 1908: Feb. 15 (p. 162); May 20 (p. 164); June 6 (p. 165); Sept. 26 (p. 167); Oct. 14 (p. 168);
  7. 1909: Feb. 11 (p. 169); June 14 (p. 170), 20 (p. 171); Sept. 7 (pp. 172-173); Dec. 19 (p. 174);
  8. 1910: Apr. 24 (p. 177); May 1 (p. 178); Aug. 30 (p. 180); Sept. 1-13 (pp. 181-183), 14 (pp. 184-185) [enclosed criticism of Garnett's The Trial of Jeanne D'Arc] (pp. 186-188), 18 (pp. 189-194), 22 (p. 195), 30 (p. 196); Nov. 5 (pp. 197-198), 13 (pp. 199-200), 27 (p. 201);
  9. 1911: Jan. 26 (p. 202); Apr. 24 (p. 203); May 2 (p. 204), 23 (p. 205); Aug. 6 (p. 206-207);
  10. 1912: Nov. 15 (p. 208), 29 (p. 209);
  11. 1913: Aug. 18 (pp. 210-211); Sept. 26 (pp. 212-213);
  12. 1914: Mar. 26 (p. 214), Apr. 5 (p. 217), 13 (pp. 218-219); June 21 (p. 220) [date published as June 14];
  13. 1915: Oct. 15 (p. 221);
  14. 1916: Feb. 15 (p. 222), 25 (p. 223) [date published as Feb. 26], 28 (p. 224); Mar. 17 (pp. 225-226); Nov. 24 (p. 227);
  15. 1917: July 19 (pp. 228-229); Aug. 11 (p. 230); Sept. 10 (p. 231);
  16. 1918: Jan. 6 (p. 232); June 6 (pp. 233-234);
  17. 1919: Sept. 5 (p. 235), 8 (p. 236), 19 (pp. 237- 238);
  18. 1924: Aug. 27 (p. 239); Nov. 20 (p. 240);
  19. 1925: Feb. 2 (p. 241); June 14 (p. 242);
  20. 1926: Nov. 29 (p. 243);
  21. 1927: Feb. 14 (pp. 244-245);
  22. 1928: Aug. 8 (p. 246);
  23. 1931: Sept. 9 (pp. 248-249); Nov. 11 (p. 250), 12 (p. 251).

Garnett's letters to Galsworthy:

  1. 1900: Sept. 25 (pp. 17-20); Oct. 19 (pp. 21-22); Nov. 4 (p. 23), 15 (p. 24);
  2. 1901: Feb. 27 (p. 26), Feb. (p. 25); Apr. 3 (p. 27), 21 (pp. 28-29); June 14 (p. 30);
  3. 1902: Nov. 3 (pp. 41-43);
  4. 1903: May 21 (p. 49) [date published as May 20]; July (p. 51);
  5. 1904: Dec. 22 (pp. 54-55);
  6. 1905: May 8 (pp. 58- 60), 27 (pp. 68-72); June 7 (pp. 81-83); July 5 (pp. 94-95), 26 (pp. 99-100);
  7. 1906: Jan. 14 (pp. 104-105); Mar. 8 (pp. 111-113); Nov. 4 (pp. 127-129);
  8. 1907: May 6 (pp. 141-142);
  9. 1910: Jan. 13 (pp. 175-176);
  10. 1914: Mar. 26 (pp. 215-216) [date published as Mar. 28].

Galsworthy's letters to Mrs. Garnett:

  1. 1902: May 10 (pp. 36-37);
  2. 1905: June 14 (pp. 87-89);
  3. 1908: July 18 (p. 166);
  4. 1910: May 12 (p. 179).
Acquisition information:
Gift: 1956
Arrangement:

The contents of this collection are arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Galsworthy mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
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