An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick. Undated. A letter to a friend discussing a meeting together. Anne Douglas Sedgwick 1873-1935 was an American-born British writer. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her best-selling novel Tante was made into a 1919 film, The Impossible Woman, and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by The New York Times. Size is 152mm x 100mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.