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Lawrence's letters go on show to public

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From: Derby Evening Telegraph
Date: 20070823
Author:Shaun Jepson

Unseen poems and postcards sent to Derbyshire by D H Lawrence have been made available for the public to see.

The Clarke Papers, which include letters, postcards, notebooks and paintings by Lawrence have been given to The University of Nottingham by the family of the writer's younger sister, Ada Clarke, who lived in Ripley.

Lawrence, who was born in Eastwood and is best-known for his 1928 book Lady Chatterley's Lover, shared a close relationship with his sister, who maintained the papers along with her son, Bert.

Dorothy Johnston, keeper of manuscripts and special collections at the ...

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