[Signed] [First Edition] Autograph letter signed by writer and translator

GARNETT, Constance (1861-1946). Autograph letter signed, 19 Grove Place, Hampstead, 6 January 1911. 1 sheet folded, written on 3 sides, 180 x 110 mm. Light horizontal fold and trivial handling wear, overall, very good. A social letter from the celebrated translator Constance Garnett arranging a luncheon meeting with a correspondent. Writing from Hampstead, Garnett discusses travel arrangements, London meeting places, and mutual acquaintances. Constance Garnett was one of the most influential literary translators of the twentieth century, introducing generations of English readers to Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. Her translations played a central role in shaping the English-speaking world's understanding of Russian literature.

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