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Jessie Conrad

 

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Jessie Conrad : Times Literary Supplement

'What really [underlined] has [end underlining] harmed me here [as opposed to Violet Hunt's memoirs]- oddly enough -is Jessie's letter to the [underlined] Times [end underlining]'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford      Print: Serial / periodical

  

Jessie Conrad : Joseph Conrad as I Knew Him

'Mrs van Doren told me yesterday that Macfee - one of her reviewers- had received a letter full of the most incredible Billingsgate from Jessie because he had mentioned my book about C. more favourably than hers. I've read hers. It's really quite good and not [underlined] very [end underlining] offensive to me.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford      Print: Book

  

Jessie Conrad : A handbook of Cookery for a Small House

'Jessie's cooking book is written and quite ready and corrected with several Remarks, 130 recipes and Prefaces by yours truly- all wanting to be retyped nice and clean.[...] My preface is a mock serious thing[...] but the little book is not bad. Its about 15,000 words or a little less.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Manuscript: Sheet, final typescript and possibly earlier versions as well

 

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