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Being a professional actress is not an easy career, but when youve been bitten by the acting bug, youre doomed. Why do I say doomed? Because it can take away so much of what normal life is about. Im talking about the ordinary things in life, like a stable married life with children and a home. I dont know if I was born with the acting bug or if it came later to me, but it certainly ruled the first part of my life. I look at the world of theater and filmoh, I guess they say movies nowand I see the same thing happening. Whats it all for? Its for fame and money, thats what. Its a purely selfish endeavor. In my early days, they hadnt discovered the idea of genetic forces leading people into things unknown. I do understand that Freud played with this field, but regular people didnt know about it. We all just did what we did. Often, people are looked at because of preconceived notions or what was an established family tradition. You swam alone, going into uncharted waters of your own desire and making. Well, thats what I did. Am I sorry? Partially. I left my first husband for it, and I gave up my one and only child.
What an achievement! It is a major work. The letters taken together with the excellent introductory sections - so balanced and judicious and informative - what emerges is an amazing picture of William Sharp the man and the writer which explores just how fascinating a figure he is. Clearly a major reassessment is due and this book could make it happen. —Andrew Hook, Emeritus Bradley Professor of English and American Literature, Glasgow University William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade "Fiona Macleod" duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman. Sharp wrote "I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out". This three-volume collection brings together Sharp’s own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp’s intriguing "second self". With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.