RUMER GODDEN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/17/1958 - HFSID 73472

RUMER GODDEN
The British author types letter to an acquaintance, thanking her for the book and flowers, signs name in blue ink
Typed letter signed: "Rumer Godden" in blue ink. 1 page, 8½x11. Written care of Mrs. Harvey Pike of New York City, New York. November 17, 1958. Addressed to Miss Constance Spencer of San Francisco, California. In full: "The violets were really heavenly, and I almost did not keep my engagements that day, so fascinating was the book. My grateful thanks. It was such a pleasure to meet you. Yours sincerely". Rumer Godden (1907-1998) was a British author of more than sixty fiction and nonfiction books. Godden grew up in Bangladesh, which was then part of colonial India, eventually becoming a dance instructor in Calcutta, a position she held for twenty years, and during which time she published her best-selling novel Black Narcissus (1939). Her later novels included An Episode of Sparrows (1956), The Greengae Summer (1958), and In This House of Brede (1969), and nonfiction such as Hans Christian Anderson (1955), The Butterfly Lions (1977), and A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep (1987). She furthermore wrote dozens of children's books including The Doll House (1947), The Story of Holly and Ivy (1958), and The Diddakoi (1972). Most of her novels related to life in India, creating an atmosphere that evoked all the senses and which documented Indian life. Normal mailing folds. Toned. Light surface creases. Corners rounded. Slightly soiled on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.