Lolly Willowes: The Berg Collection Manuscript

Abstract

The article gives a brief account of the manuscript of Lolly Willowes in the Berg Collection in the New York Public Library and of Warner’s process of revising it for publication. Two extracts from the manuscript follow, the first from the beginning of the novel, and the second from Laura’s dialogue with Satan near the end.

Keywords

• Sylvia Townsend Warner
• Lolly Willowes
• textual revision
• manuscript study
• the Berg Collection