JAMES T. FARRELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 3796

JAMES T. FARRELL
Author James T. Farrell wrote and signed this note about Adlai Stephenson - "This lonely world is lonelier, now, Because a lonely man has left it" - after Stephenson's death.
Autograph note signed "To R. T. Chambers/James T Farrell" and "James T Farrell". 3 pages, 8x10¼ ruled paper, five binder holes at left edge. Page 1 in full: "Adlai E. E Stevenson 1900-1965 This lonely world is lonelier, now, Because a lonely man has left it. 1900-1965." Postscripted on pages 2 and 3: "P. S. The President, Jimmy Roosevelt and other liked this. I received one of Adlai's last letters. He spoke of loneliness and friendship. The main speakers [illegible] were to receive the Nobel Prize were [illegible], Senator Paul H Douglas, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Senator Eugene Mc Carthy [illegible]." Farrell (1904-1979, born James Thomas Farrell in Chicago, Illinois) wrote a little bit of everything over his fifty-year writing career (1929-1979), from novels, short stories and poetry to journalism, literary criticism and even travel writing. But he's probably best known for the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which consisted of the semi-autobiographical Young Lonigan (1932) and two sequels, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934) and Judgment Day (1935). Farrell often wrote about lower-middle-class Irish Catholic life, combining literary naturalism and realism with moral indignation over the materialism and barreness of urban capitalist societies. But his politics gradually moved from the left to the right until he became a critic of the New Left during the 1950s and 1960s, with views on affirmative action and Israel indistinguishable from those of conservatives. Lightlytoned, foxed and creased. Paper clip impression at top left corner. Folded thrice and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.