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Catherine Mansfield was a prolific writer and critic, packing a great deal of work into her short life.

Before her death at age 34 in 1923, she had written dozens of

short stories and poems, as well as over 100 pieces of literary criticism. A contemporary and

close friend of Virginia Woolf, Mansfield is widely considered to be one of the greatest short story

writers of the early 20th century. And still, one of her most intriguing pieces of writing

came in the form of a very brief, very simple letter. Here it is in its entirety sent in March of 1921. Dear Princess Babesco,

I'm afraid you must stop writing these little love letters to my husband while he and I live

together. It is one of the things which is not done in our world. You are very

young. Won't you ask your husband to explain to you the impossibility of such a situation?

Please do not make me have to write to you again. I do not like scolding people and I simply

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