Literary Lifelines: The Richard Aldington Lawrence Durrell Correspondence

by Richard Aldington, Lawrence Durrell, Ian S. MacNiven (Editor)

Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Edward Godfree Aldington was an English writer, poet, translator, critic, and biographer. He joined the British Army in 1916 and was wounded in 1918.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_...

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 3 out of 5]

some interesting exchanges here between lawrence durrell (author of alexandria quartet which i'm in the middle of doing some extensive studies on) and richard aldington, best remembered now as the man who popped the ballooning myth of lawrence of arabia. aldington was also one of the best ww1 authors to come out of britian. there were some fascinating nuggets about the quartet in these letters (which is why i read this book) and aldington has some wonderful wordplay despite his oneryness and senescence; but reading about old men and their venom toward the establishment (even if that venom is warrented) can get a bit cumbersome. and durrell, while charming, can also be rascist, misogynistic, and conceited.

reading any collection of letters can be hit or miss and i only recommend this one if you are already interested in one or both of these authors. outside of that the book holds no real value to a regular reader. seek out the miller/durrell letters for that (the cover photo alone is enough to, um, pique interest?)

[Lynne King · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was excellent. Richard Aldington really upset the apple cart with the rather dreadful things he said about T.E. Lawrence. I must look at that book again...