TLS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, September 20, 1927. Letter to Ellery Sedgwick, in full: “Thank you for your letter. I certainly had no notion that the Atlantic would want the English as well as the American rights in my article; and I think you will find, if you refer to my letters, that I asked you, in the first instance, to tell me the date of publication in America in order that I might arrange for publication over here. This of course is now impossible, as my article will, I gather, appear in the English edition of the Atlantic in November. But, if I may say so, I think the understanding was that the English rights should rest with me.” Irregular blocks of toning, horizontal and vertical mailing folds (neither affecting the signature), two pencil notations in another hand, and a red mark underlining the crisp signature.
Having worked as editor of the Atlantic Monthly since 1909, Ellery Sedgwick turned the magazine from a failing enterprise into one of the most respected literary publications of its day, discovering countless writers who would go on to achieve international fame. In 1927, he commissioned Woolf to write an article titled The Novels of E. M. Forster, based upon the fictional works of her friend and fellow Bloomsbury Group member; it was published, as Woolf notes in this letter, in the November issue of Atlantic. Written during her most significant period as a novelist—bookended by Mrs. Dalloway in 1925 and Orlando in 1928—and highlighted by its notable recipient and literary association, this is an exceptionally desirable letter from the influential writer. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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