Victoria Cross Letter,
Scope and Content
Victoria Cross was a pseudonym of English writer Annie Sophie Cory. She wrote this letter from the Hotel Cecil, Strand, to "Mr. Massie," asking him to read and provide feedback for her novel Life's Shop-Window. Hughes Massie was a literary and dramatic agent based in London with whom Cross had some business dealings. For a time, he also represented Cross in the United States. In the letter she asks him to, "read it through carefully from beginning to end and form your own opinion on it. People who are jealous of me always hurl at my writings the reproach that they are immoral."
Dates
- Creation: 1909 - 1909
Creator
- Massie, Hughes (Correspondent, Person)
- Cross, Victoria (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Victoria Cross letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Information
Annie Sophie Cory (1868-1952) was an English novelist and fiction writer who published under a variety of pseudonyms, including Victoria Cross, Victoria Crosse, Vivian Cory, and V. C. Griffin. Her works were often, during their own time, considered to be both exotic and erotic. She is also listed among the canon of late 19th century "New Woman" writers.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains a letter from English author Victoria Cross (Annie Sophie Cory) to Hughes Massie requesting that he read and provide feedback for her novel Life's Shop-Window.
Acquisition Information
The collection was acquired by Special Collections in 1987.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Victoria Cross letter was completed in September 2013.
Topical
- Title
- Victoria Cross Letter, 1909
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betsy Reed, Graduate Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2014 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu