BIB_ID
196165
Accession number
MA 14015
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 April 6.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning a proposed series of tales for Household words and his reservations regarding the publication of stories with a French setting for an English audience, i.e., "I do not feel justified in giving any decided opinion on the suitability of such a series of tales as you propose ... The subject is very interesting and important, but it would require the most delicate handling and the utmost tact; for there is a general repulsion in England from what is considered the wild inconstancy and restlessness of the French people ...".
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