{"product_id":"the-element-of-lavishness-letters-of-sylvia-townsend-warner-and-william-maxwell-1938-1978-paperback","title":"The Element of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and William Maxwell 1938-1978 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn instant classic in the literature of friendship: the witty, affectionate 40-year correspondence between a great story-writer and her editor . . . pleasure and delight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn July 1938, William Maxwell, then twenty-nine years old and the acting poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, wrote to Sylvia Townsend Warner inviting her to send him verse. Miss Warner, forty-four and famous for her novel Lolly Willowes, had recently begun writing stories for the magazine, antic, inimitable sketches of English life that Maxwell adored. The poems were sent, and a remarkable friendship was begun.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/b\u003e was a poet, short-story writer, and novelist, as well as an authority on early English music and a member of the Communist Party. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1926 and was the first ever Book-of-the-Month Club selection. \u003ci\u003eMr. Fortune's Maggot\u003c\/i\u003e, her second, followed a year later. \u003ci\u003eThe Salutation\u003c\/i\u003e was the title novella of a 1932 collection. Over the course of her long career, Sylvia Townsend Warner published five more novels, seven books of poetry, a translation of Proust, fourteen volumes of short stories, and a biography of T.H. White. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Keepers Maxwell Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e from 1936 to 1975.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.58 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800133009696,"sku":"9781582432472","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fd4af559e9fee741498814d15c50c00.webp?v=1780833879","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-element-of-lavishness-letters-of-sylvia-townsend-warner-and-william-maxwell-1938-1978-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}