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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0057 (432)
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Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy
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5/1/1885
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Item
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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the recto of a letterhead and on both sides of a second letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Reference to the poor financial situation of the family and hopes for slight improvement. Detailed description of the ability of the three elder brothers from Alexandria for financial assistance to their mother and their younger brothers in Istanbul. Reference to the efforts by C. P. Cavafy to translate works by Shakespeare. (Alexandria)
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Writing in ink. Watermark: R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria.
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The transcription and editing of the letters of John Constantine Cavafy addressed to C. P. Cavafy was first carried out by Katerina Ghika; said transcriptions were subsequently uploaded to the official website of the Cavafy Archive.
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Advice by John to C. P. Cavafy regarding the latter’s effort to translate Shakespeare’s Much ado about nothing.
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DOI: 10.26256/ca-sf02-s01-ss02-f20-sf001-0057
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