AW
's daughter Susan
(by Silas Glossop
) was born, after a long and difficult labour.
Chitty, Susan. Now To My Mother. Weidenfeld and Nicholson.
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Dunn, Jane. Antonia White: A Life. Jonathan Cape.
117
Family and Intimate relationships
Antonia White
AW
's second daughter, Lyndall Hopkinson
, was born at midnight; it seems that she too was fathered by Silas Glossop
, though from the date it could equally well have been Tom Hopkinson
...
Textual Production
Antonia White
AW
wrote Epitaph for Elspeth
, Silas Glossop
's sister, who died in February after an illegal abortion: White's friends were concerned to protect the doctor involved.
Dunn, Jane. Antonia White: A Life. Jonathan Cape.
192
Family and Intimate relationships
Antonia White
AW
became involved in 1928 with Silas Glossop
, a young poet and engineer. Late that year she became pregnant by him. She suggested an abortion; he proposed marriage, and she prepared to divorce Eric...
Family and Intimate relationships
Antonia White
In September 1930 Silas Glossop
returned to England. Both he and Hopkinson wanted to marry AW
when her divorce should come through, and she seemed paralysed and unable to decide between them.
Chitty, Susan. Now To My Mother. Weidenfeld and Nicholson.