Rebecca West: Correspondence, 1936-1955An extraordinary correspondence of the highest class, in which a major woman writer of the twentieth-century and prominent feminist speaks frankly and vividly to an intimate friend about her work, sexuality, family, personal relations with individuals of note on both sides of the Atlantic, travels and cultural activities. Had this material been known to previous biographers it would undoubtedly have been heavily cited. 'I would love a gossip', Rebecca West writes here, and among her subjects are her lovers H. G.