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- Thomas
Wolfe
- Legendary
American Author
- Extraordinarily
Rare 1935 Typed Letter Signed
- Responding
to his second work, Of Time and the River
- "...any
writer would be proud to know that something
- he
has written has meant as much to any reader..."
- Thomas Wolfe, (1900-1938). Legendary American Author. Extraordinarily
Rare Typed Letter Signed, July 13th, 1935, New York City,
one page, quarto, to Mr. John R. Bickley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Returning from Europe, Wolfe takes time to respond to a letter
of praise. Wolfe had gone to Paris that spring as his second
work, Of Time and the River, was published. The book was
well-received and a commericial success. Critics were comparing
him to Dickens, Joyce, and Proust. He spent four months abroad,
returning on July 4th, and was preparing to leave for a writer's
conference in Colorado when he took time to write this missive.
Even in its brevity this letter presents a fine example of Wolfe's
noted opulence, eloquence, and command of language. Reads in
part:
- "I want to thank you very sincerely
for your letter of March 25. The reason for my delay in answering
you is that I have just returned from Europe and have had no
mail for the last four months.
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- I cannot anwser your fine letter in
the way it deserves to be anwsered ...but I do want to tell you
that any writer would be proud to know that something he has
written has meant as much to any reader...I shall do all in my
power in the future to justify and fulfill your belief in my
work.
- Yours sincerely,
- Thomas Wolfe"
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- Thomas Wolfe was one of the great writers
and towering figures of twentieth century literature. His unique
literary style— a mix of highly original, poetic, rhapsodical,
and impressive prose—has elevated his life to legendary
status through his four autobiographical novels. His first novel,
Look Homeward, Angel was published in 1929, only nine
years before his death. It is considerd one of the great works
of American literature ever produced. His second novel, Of
Time and the River, was published in 1935. This was followed
by a collection of short stories, From Death to Morning,
published that same year. An autobiographical essay on writing,
The Story of a Novel, was published in 1936. These books,
along with many short stories published in magazines, completes
the works that appeared during his lifetime. There were three
posthumous works—The Web and the Rock, You Can't Go Home
Again, and The Hills Beyond—that were gleaned
from the huge manuscript works that Wolfe left behind.
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- Letters from Wolfe are very rare and seldom
come to the market. He died tragically two weeks shy of his thirty-eighth
birthday from complications with pneumonia and tuberculosis of
the brain.
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- The letter shows normal folds, aging.
Overall, fine. Housed in a custom. $3,500.
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