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- 8/5/1897 (Creation)
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26.5 x 20.5 cm
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Handwritten letter by Charikleia Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy and his brother John, in the first two pages of a bifolio with mourning border. The third page is blank. Handwritten notes in pencil by Cavafy on the last page (addresses in Paris). The two siblings are in France. Their mother refers to the sense of lacking she feels as a result of the absence of her two children and sends them the regards and news of their brother, Paul.
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Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: holes and tears; the lower part of the second sheet has been torn off.
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Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia. “Letter by Ch. Cavafy to John Cavafy and C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 08.05.1897. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0010 (1110), 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-SS02-F20-SF003-0010.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia (Authority)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)
- Cavafy, Paul (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)