WCP2148

Letter (WCP2148.2038)

[1]1, 2

Upton Sinclair

Edge Moor, Delaware

3/8/[19]11

Alfred R Wallace Esq

My dear Sir

I send you a copy of my new novel3, which cannot be published in England on account of the police. I may come over & fight for it. It depends on what backing I should have from thinking Englishmen. Will you read the book & see if you care to write me a letter.

Sincerely | Upton Sinclair [signature]

Confidential

1
Manuscript text diagonally across top left hand corner reads "Answd Why I disapprove".
2
Manuscript text in top right hand corner reads "146".
3
This could be a reference to the autobiographical novel "Love's Pilgrimage", published in New York in 1911 and subsequently in London. The novel follows the relationship of a writer struggling to reconcile his literary aspirations with commercial success and his tempestuous love interest. Written with a frankness that shocked reviewers of the day, the novel is a provocative chronicle of the embattled and ultimately doomed relationship that the author shared with his first wife.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2148.2038)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Coleman, David [2015-05-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-05-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2148,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2148