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From Sissinghurst Castle, Kent; The Huntington Library, California; and other libraries

Previous title: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson Manuscripts

At Sissinghurst Castle there lies a wealth of unpublished material -- entire plays and novels, early drafts of published works and many poems and fragments of verse that Vita Sackville-West held back partly because of their intimate context.

This collection, providing access to these hidden works for the first time, represents a breakthrough for scholars. It reveals fresh insights that have the potential to transform the study of this potent cultural figure.

Sackville-West was a prolific writer, widely read during her lifetime and critically acclaimed. More than 200 of her unpublished poems, plays, novels and short stories are included, as well as a collection of her husband's diaries, plays and wartime letters.

Her work reflects many of her complex relationships with both men and women, the most famous being with Virginia Woolf who celebrated her as "Orlando", the eponymous hero/heroine of her novel.

Among the many items of interest included in the collection are:

• A collection of juvenilia--poems and stories dealing with her school days, much of which is written in French
• A collection of impassioned verse written to Mary Campbell (wife of poet Roy Campbell) between 1926 and 1930

In addition, the collection contains a substantial amount of correspondence, including 24 letters from her husband, Harold Nicholson, to Clive Bell and a complete set of weekly letters written by Nicholson to his sons during the war. The collection also offers Nicholson's unpublished early diaries, describing his experiences in Greece while researching his book on Lord Byron as well as working notes for his books on Alfred Lord Tennyson and King George V.

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• Virginia Woolf Manuscripts: From the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library
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• Virginia Woolf Manuscripts: From the Monks House Papers at the University of Sussex

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