BIB_ID
193303
Accession number
MA 4308
Creator
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Display Date
Silverdale, England, 1855 "till Sept. 4th".
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. William Hitchcock, 1986.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)
Notes
Miss Mary Taylor was a school friend of Charlotte Bronte.
The year of writing from the published letter cited below.
The year of writing from the published letter cited below.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Mrs. William Hitchcock, 1986.
Summary
Concerning Charlotte Brontë's Villette; saying "What you send me is good, and is a help. Mr. Heger is Paul Emmanuel - & don't you see the likeness in all that your friend says of his fulfilment of his duties as a member of the Society of S. Vincent de Paul. But I crave for more - I wish I knew Brussels - that glimpse of the Rue d'Isabelle at the foot of an escalier en pierres is picturesque - & one wants the frame-work of locality because she was so much influenced by places & surroundings. Has M. Heger written anything - I know the school was considered 2nd rate ; & I have heard that it has suffered by the publication of Villette. Can you ascertain if this is true? I should like to know a pupil of Madame Becks. She had many English. I thank you. I am like Oliver Twist. I "ask for more."
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