Autograph letter signed W.H. Auden , 1 p, to N. John Hall

by W. H Auden

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1 p. 8vo. On linen stationery, old adhesive marks showing through from verso. With original transmittal envelope addressed in holograph and signed above return address on the reverse. Item #314875 Auden writes to literary scholar N. John Hall regarding the English wit Sydney Smith: ... I don't recognise the Sydney Smith quotation. The sentence What happiness ... domestic shackles could well be by him, but, if so, certainly meant sarcastically.

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