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Enclosures for July 1937
July 19 Monday
Anniversary of Rebellion and a dull, sweaty awful day. Face swollen. Not much pain,
as such; but feeling lacerated.
Letter from E. Altounyan1 from Aleppo wanting to correspond about Poetry. Replied.
Laura working on Letter Book.
I made a start of Ch
[Chapter] 8 of Ghost, and[RG]
(11 pp
[pages])[RG] wrote several letters, made up a/cs2.
Sent Claudius film version to Random House.
Dressed for supper. Thunderstorm. 663 reintroduced.
Rebel counterattack at Brunete fails.
Karl making a mask of home-mashed papier-maché, painted.
War starting in China.
Editorial Notes
1Ernest Haig Riddell Altounyan (1889-1962), surgeon eds.; friend of T.E. Lawrence? KG
2accounts? eds.
3card game KG
Hands Referenced
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- Annotation: ink correction
- Character: regular
- Ink: black
Places Mentioned
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Brunete
Brunete, New Castile, SpainCity outside of Madrid eds.
People Mentioned
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Laura
Riding, Laura(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). -
Karl/Carl
Goldschmidt, KarlKarl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl. -
T.E.
Lawrence, T. E.'Lawrence of Arabia.' Met Robert in Oxford in the early twenties. Made Robert his biographer and had him write "Lawrence and the Arabs." WG
Organizations Mentioned
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Random House
American publishers (New York) eds.
Bibliography
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- Title: The Swiss Ghost [formerly The Kind Ghost] [novel]
- Author: Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura
- Date: 1937-04-22
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- Title: Letter Book [became The World and Ourselves]
- Editor: Riding, Laura
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- Title: Claudius Film Version [The Fool of Rome] [a condensed novel based on I, Claudius]
- Author: Graves, Robert