Post by Taxigirl on Dec 17, 2004 8:45:51 GMT
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A love letter written by Dylan Thomas to his fiancée shortly before their wedding has been auctioned for £7,200.
In a two-page message from the heart signed with seven kisses, he tells Caitlin Macnamara he loves her "more than anyone has loved anyone else".
The letter is thought to be the last by the Welsh poet to Caitlin before their marriage on 11 July 1937.
A spokesman for Sotheby's in London said it had been bought by a private collector.
The letter, complete with occasional spelling mistakes, was written in a house in London's Great Ormond Street.
The couple had met the year before, and he told Caitlin he "loves her terribly" and said it was "nonsense me living without you, you without me."
'Abstemious'
"When you're away from me, it's absolutely a physical removal, unsupportable and irreperable [sic]... I love you, I can't tell you how much, I miss you until it hurts me terribly."
Thomas, who was recovering after illness said: "Come and see me quickly, now, with some gooseberries and kisses for me... I'm not dying now, much... can you telephone here?"
He also added a PS, which said "I have to be abstemious".
The letter also refers to a row he had with Caitlin when he was due to make a radio broadcast in Swansea. He eventually missed his train and had to broadcast from London instead.
Thomas died at the age of 39 in New York in November 1953, while Caitlin died in Italy in 1994.
A love letter written by Dylan Thomas to his fiancée shortly before their wedding has been auctioned for £7,200.
In a two-page message from the heart signed with seven kisses, he tells Caitlin Macnamara he loves her "more than anyone has loved anyone else".
The letter is thought to be the last by the Welsh poet to Caitlin before their marriage on 11 July 1937.
A spokesman for Sotheby's in London said it had been bought by a private collector.
The letter, complete with occasional spelling mistakes, was written in a house in London's Great Ormond Street.
The couple had met the year before, and he told Caitlin he "loves her terribly" and said it was "nonsense me living without you, you without me."
'Abstemious'
"When you're away from me, it's absolutely a physical removal, unsupportable and irreperable [sic]... I love you, I can't tell you how much, I miss you until it hurts me terribly."
Thomas, who was recovering after illness said: "Come and see me quickly, now, with some gooseberries and kisses for me... I'm not dying now, much... can you telephone here?"
He also added a PS, which said "I have to be abstemious".
The letter also refers to a row he had with Caitlin when he was due to make a radio broadcast in Swansea. He eventually missed his train and had to broadcast from London instead.
Thomas died at the age of 39 in New York in November 1953, while Caitlin died in Italy in 1994.