Handwritten letter signed. James Sutton to Philip Larkin, writing from the army, Sydenham, London.

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Discusses a story Larkin has written. Ts. 'Story I' (a piece about college life), Philip Larkin (40pp.) with reference to W. H. Auden; James Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'; and the song 'It's a long way to Tipperary'. Also briefly discusses or refers to architecture; 'Dear Theo' (the autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh) and Van Gogh's letters; D. H. Lawrence; C zanne; Somerset Maugham's 'The Letter' (film); Alfred Hitchcock; and 'The Man at the Gate' (film). 24pp

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