to Listen with no knowledge of its owners or origins."They were completely different from anything we'd seen before," Mrs Hartley explains. "They had the speaking voice there that was immediately understandable.
"They did have levels and depths, but they were perfectly accessible on one reading and that was so refreshing."
The couple were so impressed that they invited Larkin to release the first book from their home-spun publishing house, The Marvell Press.
from BBC News: Remembering Philip Larkin 25 years on
then BBC News: Philip Larkin statue unveiled in Hull
then The Times Literary Supplement: Larkin's letters to Monica
then The Daily Mail: I was Philip Larkin's (third) bit on the side: Secretary who helped him juggle his life and girlfriends reveals her role as secret lover
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