Diary, 1926-1928, 1926-09-29 - 1928-07-10

File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Identifier: 94012

Scope and Contents

1 Autograph Manuscript notebook dated from 09/29/1926 to 07/10/1928 composed of diary entries by Chesson recording dreams, household events, and literary work. Notable entries record the sale of Chesson's "copyright edition" of Joseph Conrad's "The Nigger of the Narcissus" with the help of Edward Garnett, news of the death of Chesson's eldest child, Ann (Chesson) MacCormack, and a reading by Chesson before the John Payne Society. There are also references to the difficulties of his second marriage, his associations with Meredith Starr, Clara Jane Watts-Dunton, and M. P. Shiel, and observations of his family life, including reference to his children Dagmar Chesson, Shirley Chesson, and the birth of his daughter Primrose Chesson.

Dates

1926-09-29 - 1928-07-10

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