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MCPP/CSL/1/2/7
Title
Photocopy of a Letter from C.S. Lewis to Adele Stoessel Describing himself, 17 May 1963
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- 19 May 1963 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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(29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963)
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Photocopy of a letter from C.S. Lewis to Adele Stoessel in which he describes himself.
Transcript
Dear Adele Stoessel,
The autograph comes below the letter. I am 64 - a year older than this century - and bald - and fat - with a Boxer dog and a Siamese cat - and I talk too much and I breathe too loud - and I don't like oysters or gin or a crowd - and the smell of the sea is my favourite smell. That's about all I can think of to tell,
Yours
C.S. Lewis
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F/CSL/2i