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Peter Pears
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Somerset Maughan : Of Human Bondage
'I?m reading "Of Human Bondage" of Somerset Maugham & it?s terribly good ? some wonderful school stuff, & of course the whole thing, in his subtle way, is quite itching with queerness. Perhaps I?ll send you a copy to Chicago to read in bed.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Peter Pears Print: Book
Shakespeare : Art of Singing, The
'I have been working with Shakespeare (a very good book) with an occasional dip into Aiken, and my B flats and Bs really do sound like them now, although I still get stiff with nerves sometimes.' 'I am keeping your Shakespeare and Aiken very carefully here with me, as I thought it would be too risky and difficult sending them. However if you can't do without them I will send them.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Peter Pears Print: BookManuscript: Letter
W A Aiken : The Voice: An Introduction to Practical Phonology
'I have been working with Shakespeare (a very good book) with an occasional dip into Aiken, and my B flats and Bs really do sound like them now, although I still get stiff with nerves sometimes.' 'I am keeping your Shakespeare and Aiken very carefully here with me, as I thought it would be too risky and diffIcult sending them. However if you can't do without them I will send them.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Peter Pears Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Somerset Maughan : [unknown]
Letter 271 4 July 1940 'Please forgive me not having written eight and a half days ago or more to thank you for your lovely birthday present. The thin mints went of course in twenty four hours, and I curled up on a sofa with Somerset Maugham until I had finished him. It was a new one to me and marvellously disagreeable and exciting! So acid it nearly burnt!'