Letters to Monica/by Philip Larkin ; edited by Anthony Thwaite - Hardcover

Physical description; xix, 475 p. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Published in association with the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Includes bibliographical references and index. Audience; Interest age: From 0 to 0 years. Summary; Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both 24. Monica became by turns his correspondent, lover and closest confidante, in a relationship which lasted over 40 years until the poet's death in 1985. This book consists of nearly 2000 letters, postcards and telegrams they sent.Subjects; Larkin, Philip - Correspondence. Jones, Monica - Correspondence. Larkin, Philip (1922-1985) - Correspondence. Jones, Monica (1922-2001) - Correspondence. Poets, English - 20th century - Correspondence. Biography & autobiography: literary ; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works. Literary Criticism / Poetry. Larkin, Philip ; Jones, Monica.