She was assisted during her illness (at the behest of Derek Stanford
)
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by many friends, and treated without fees by her doctor, also an old friend. Throughout her convalescence she was supported by...
Friends, Associates
Muriel Spark
In London in early 1963 she was horrified to hear that a publisher had accepted a book about her by Derek Stanford
. The rushed and patchyMuriel Spark: A Biographical and Critical Study appeared...
Textual Production
Muriel Spark
Her recently discarded boyfriend, Howard Sergeant
, annoyed her by planning a simultaneous, rival Wordsworth book. Tribute to Wordsworth was published by André Deutsch
, who was then working for Allan Wingate
. MS
Textual Production
Muriel Spark
This was her last book of non-fiction. Her attempt to help Derek Stanford
by arranging with Macmillan that they publish a second book on Newman came to nothing. He suffered a nervous breakdown, and had...
Anthologization
Ella D'Arcy
This story was chosen for inclusion by Derek Stanford
in Short Stories of the 'Nineties in 1968.