Dear
Mr Grant Richards: I am glad that you are
pleased with
Dubliners. As for the terms you
offer me I must say that
perhaps it would be best for me to put myself in your
hands. I am sure that you will deal with me as
generously as you can. As a matter of fact my
future work in which you seem to be interested is largely dependent on an improvement of my
financial state. I have had little
leisure,
comfort or prospects for continuing it.
I should like to know when you propose to publish the book, in what form and at what price. If you will let me know I can send you the last story I have written -- unless perhaps you have as superstitious an objection to the number thirteen as you seem to have with regard to Ireland and short stories in general.
Correspondence Regarding Joyce's "Dubliners":
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