Dear James Veitch,
I'm an American living in Paris, but I had a flat in London for a number of years and in 1994-4 lived in Richmond, on the Green. Kew and Richmond Park were favourite haunts.
In answer to your question, in SPEAK, MEMORY VN wrote about the family's emigration in 1919 to London, he attending Trinity, and his brother, Christ College, Cambridge. He mentions that his parents and the three younger children lived in a rented house in Elm Park Gardens. ('After several expensive months in a rented house in Elm Park Gardens, my parents and the three younger children left for Berlin...)
I don't know of any other strictly speaking London sojourns.
Say hello to Richmond and Kew for me,
Best wishes,
Jack Liesveld
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Le 27 oct. 08 à 00:07, James Veitch a écrit :
Dear Forum,
I'm trying to discover whether at any time VN lived in London. If so, where? I presume at Cambridge he made trips down but can anyone shed any light on whether he rented a flat there?
On a side note, I am from Richmond, London and used to live a two minute walk from Kew Gardens and always receive a special delight when Kew Gardens is referenced in The Real Life of Sebastian Knight.
"They must have been seen wandering in Kew Gardens, or Richmond Park (personally I have never been there but the names attract me)."
With best wishes,
James Veitch
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