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- 15/10/1929 (Creation)
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32 x 25 cm
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Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster on the three first pages of a bifolio, in which he details his impressions from their meeting in Alexandria and expresses his admiration for A Passage to India. Reference to Forster's interview with the Tachydromos of Alexandria. Accompanied by envelope.
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English
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidation caused by a metal paperclip.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster”. Letter (draft), 15.10.1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF002-0020 (361), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF002-0020.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Eliot, T. S. (Subject)
- Rothenstein, William (Subject)
- Singopoulo (Agallianou), Rica (Subject)
- Dobrée, Bonamy (Subject)
- Forster, E. M. (Subject)