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Preferred Citation

Edward Green Papers Concerning Julien Green, 1924-1933, #9188-g, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller, Ivy, Virginia, on December 1, 1992.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of three newsclippings concerning Julien Green and his novels, 1931-1933, and two letters from Edward Green, Paris, to his sister Mary, Mrs. Ten Eyck DeWitt, Veeder, one of which discusses Julien Green's latest book and his reception in the literary world.

In the first letter, January 9, 1924, Edward Green writes to his sister Mary concerning the death of her husband, refers to his memories of the deathbed scenes of some Confederate soldiers on "the Lawn" (Prince William County, Virginia) during the Civil War, and mentions that the disturbed state of Europe is affecting his business.

Edward Green's second letter, May 14, 1927, mentions the illness of their sister Anne at Savannah, the death of their sister Belle, and the welfare of several family members and friends as well as himself. About Julien Green's latest book, [ Adrienne Mesurat ?] he writes, "Julien's last novel has no doubt been a great success and the book is not only selling well but he is receiving many compliments from authors and literary critics..." He also refers to a long article about Julien in a paper published in Geneva, Switzerland, La Semaine Litteraire , which says that "he is willing to bet that Julien never in his existence ever met or knew any such creatures as the heroines of his novels. I quite agree with the said writer - but it is the extraordinary mentality of Julien's heroines that makes his books a success as he seems to have invented characters which no one ever thought of...". Edward Green goes on to mention the distress of the French public over the disappearance of the aviators [Nungesser ?] and Coli, who had attempted to fly to New York a week ago and a visit from an old French Colonel formerly a member of the French Foreign Legion who was president of the local committee of the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic humanitarian organization.