LAWRENCE, David Herbert (1885-1930). Autograph letter signed (with initials 'D.H.L.') to his mother-in-law, Anna, Baronin von Richthofen, Wyewurk, Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1922, in German, two pages, 4to . LAWRENCE'S MIXED FEELINGS FOR AUSTRALIA: 'Sydney is a great fine town ... The harbour is wonderful -- a narrow gateway between two cliffs -- then one sails through, and is in another little sea'; they have moved on to the coast south of Sydney, to 'a lovely little house on the edge of the low cliff ... we have only our little grassy garden -- then the low cliff -- and then the great white rollers breaking, and the surf seeming to rush in right under our feet as we sit at table'. In spite of this appreciation, Lawrence finds Australia in general a 'queer, grey, sad country -- empty, and as if it would never be filled. Miles and miles of bush -- forlorn and lost ... I don't really like it, it is so raw ... The people are so crude in their feelings ... I've got Heimweh [homesickness] for Europe'.
LAWRENCE, David Herbert (1885-1930). Autograph letter signed (with initials 'D.H.L.') to his mother-in-law, Anna, Baronin von Richthofen, Wyewurk, Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1922, in German, two pages, 4to . LAWRENCE'S MIXED FEELINGS FOR AUSTRALIA: 'Sydney is a great fine town ... The harbour is wonderful -- a narrow gateway between two cliffs -- then one sails through, and is in another little sea'; they have moved on to the coast south of Sydney, to 'a lovely little house on the edge of the low cliff ... we have only our little grassy garden -- then the low cliff -- and then the great white rollers breaking, and the surf seeming to rush in right under our feet as we sit at table'. In spite of this appreciation, Lawrence finds Australia in general a 'queer, grey, sad country -- empty, and as if it would never be filled. Miles and miles of bush -- forlorn and lost ... I don't really like it, it is so raw ... The people are so crude in their feelings ... I've got Heimweh [homesickness] for Europe'.
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