On 24 March 1928 Charlotte Mew killed herself by drinking a bottle of disinfectant in a nursing-home near Baker Street. She left behind her a volume of poems, a number of uncollected essays and short stories, and instructions that after her death her main artery should be severed: she had thought a lot about being buried alive. Local newspapers reported the 'suicide whilst of unsound mind' of 'Charlotte New, a writer of verse', and of 'Charlotte Mew, said to be a writer'.

LRB 20 December 1984 | PDF Download