ELLMAN, Richard (1918-1987). Literary critic & biographer.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Dick') to 'Dear Catherine', 1 page 4to, New College, Oxford, 7 February 1984. Offering an interesting insight into Henry James's Golden Bowl.

'... The princess has been much wronged, she responds with necessary implacability. Too bad for Charlotte, but so it is. The world isn't perfect and can't be made so. But surely the emphasis is on her (the princess's) success. ...Every time I read the book I find some ambiguities which give me pause.'

Provenance: Sothebys, 17 December 1996, Lot 208, sold on behalf of the Royal Society of Literature.

£32 [No: 21442]