I'll stand by you
Subtitle: selected letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland : with narrative by Sylvia Townsend Warner
By: edited by Susanna Pinney.
Contributors: Ackland, Valentine.; Pinney, Susanna.
Series: Pimlico ;; 303; Pimlico (Series) ;; 303.
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893- -- Correspondence.; Ackland, Valentine -- Correspondence.; Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence.; Lesbians -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.; Love-letters.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "These letters tell the story of an enduring love affair between two extraordinary women: the great short-story writer, novelist and poet, Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), and the poet Valentine Ackland (1906-1969). During their life together, from 1930 to 1969, they regularly wrote to each other, not just when they were apart, but also when actually together. This is probably the most detailed personal account of a lesbian relationship this century." "The letters describe music and art, books and politics; they touch on their involvement and emotions with regard to the Spanish Civil War, to communism and to the Second World War. Above all, they cast a new light on the life and career of Sylvia Townsend Warner herself, confirming her as one of the most important British writers of the century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.