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Christabel, Lady Aberconway - W. Somerset Maugham's Correspondent

This post is about a friend of W. Somerset Maugham, if one can call her that. Christabel, Lady Aberconway exchanged letters with Maugham for a period of over 30 years. A relationship that perhaps waned after the publication of "Looking Back," which left a number of our author's friends and acquaintances indignant. Among the signatures of those who signed a letter to vindicate Syrie Maugham's good name is Christabel Lady Aberconway.

Whatever the argument was, whether one sid…