After rejecting The Vat and the Brew, John Gray
nonetheless encouraged EW
to continue writing stories and indicated that publishing a collection might be possible. In a letter dated 20 November 1958, EW
sketched...
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Ethel Wilson
EW
expressed to John Gray
some self-doubt as to whether she was truly qualified to speak to a university audience: How pretentious of me [to speak], who have [sic] nothing but a very treasured conferred...