In letters written to her lover Ray Russell
over twelve years from 1936, ET
not only expressed her feelings but also discussed the stages of her early development as a writer. Russell kept these letters...
Publishing
Elizabeth Taylor
Though she used her time at Scarborough for this novel, she did not begin it there, as has been said, but after her return.
Leclercq, Florence. Elizabeth Taylor. Twayne.
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Beauman, Nicola. The Other Elizabeth Taylor. Persephone Books.
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This book initiated ET
's happy relationship with her...
politics
Elizabeth Taylor
Just after her mother's death and before her wedding, ET
took the momentous step of joining the Communist Party
. At this date she envisaged economic freedom as connected with freedom of speech, and with...
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Taylor
Through the Communist PartyET
met Raymond or Ray Russell
, a railwayman's son who was apprenticed in the furniture-making business but longed to be a painter.
Beauman, Nicola. The Other Elizabeth Taylor. Persephone Books.