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Miscellaneous letters to Helen Fox, 1933-1945
1933-01-16 Maureen Croly to Helen Fox Page 7
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7 story of a "charming"(?) negro's (illegible) with the wives of French COlonial governors. (The French have a weird outlook on the colour problems.) I was left somewhat stunned by the contrast between 18 year-old Gisele's excessive modesty in dress matters and her literary taste. To turn to more attractive subjects - Sinclair Lewis. I have just read "Babbitt" and notice that in the foreward our Hugh Walpole says that many Americans were annoyed by it, and most English didn't understand it, but I cannot see why this should be so. Of course, I see the
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7 story of a "charming"(?) negro's (illegible) with the wives of French COlonial governors. (The French have a weird outlook on the colour problems.) I was left somewhat stunned by the contrast between 18 year-old Gisele's excessive modesty in dress matters and her literary taste. To turn to more attractive subjects - Sinclair Lewis. I have just read "Babbitt" and notice that in the foreward our Hugh Walpole says that many Americans were annoyed by it, and most English didn't understand it, but I cannot see why this should be so. Of course, I see the
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