Hadley, Ernest, and Their Son
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Hadley, Ernest, and Their Son
Description
In this photo from the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, Hadley Richardson is pictured with Ernest Hemingway and their first son Jack, otherwise known as "Bumby" by the two, or "Goddy" by two writers and friends of Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
In a letter enclosed to Stein and Toklas, this photo was enclosed along with Hemingway's notorious attempt to psychoanalyze his son.
In the letter, Hemingway writes "Goddy is well and has an upper tooth through and I think another one coming beside it. He is as hard spiritually as a chunk of carborundum and enjoys himself without anything outside having any effect or appeal. He is going to be a hard one and the sooner he gets shoved off into the world the more chance the world will have. My best hopes for his future are that he will not kill his parents some time because he needs 50 cents."
The last line of the letter to Stein and Toklas reads, "…but isn't writing a hard job though? It used to be easy before I met you. I certainly was bad, Gosh, I'm awfully bad now but it's a different kind of bad.
…Hadley and Goddy and I all send our love to you both—
Don't stay away too long.
Ernest Hemingway."
In this letter, we see that Hemingway is just about ready to publish his first novel, along with the fascination he has with his son. After seeing this photo and reading the letter, one may wonder what the letter from Stein and Toklas to Hemingway read. Did Hemingway ever inform anyone of his affair with Pauline? Were there other women he had affairs with?
In a letter enclosed to Stein and Toklas, this photo was enclosed along with Hemingway's notorious attempt to psychoanalyze his son.
In the letter, Hemingway writes "Goddy is well and has an upper tooth through and I think another one coming beside it. He is as hard spiritually as a chunk of carborundum and enjoys himself without anything outside having any effect or appeal. He is going to be a hard one and the sooner he gets shoved off into the world the more chance the world will have. My best hopes for his future are that he will not kill his parents some time because he needs 50 cents."
The last line of the letter to Stein and Toklas reads, "…but isn't writing a hard job though? It used to be easy before I met you. I certainly was bad, Gosh, I'm awfully bad now but it's a different kind of bad.
…Hadley and Goddy and I all send our love to you both—
Don't stay away too long.
Ernest Hemingway."
In this letter, we see that Hemingway is just about ready to publish his first novel, along with the fascination he has with his son. After seeing this photo and reading the letter, one may wonder what the letter from Stein and Toklas to Hemingway read. Did Hemingway ever inform anyone of his affair with Pauline? Were there other women he had affairs with?
Creator
Unknown
Source
Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Publisher
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1924
Rights
Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Type
Photograph
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Citation
Unknown, “Hadley, Ernest, and Their Son,” Manhattan College Omeka , accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka-pilot.manhattan.edu/items/show/31.