BIB_ID
287252
Accession number
MA 3152.1
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1853 Aug. 12.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 10 letters primarily between Wilkie Collins and his brother Charles Allston Collins. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3152.1-10).
Written from Chateau des Moulineaux / Rue Beaurepaire / Boulogne sur mer. Signed "Ever affectionately yours / W. Wilkie Collins."
Written from Chateau des Moulineaux / Rue Beaurepaire / Boulogne sur mer. Signed "Ever affectionately yours / W. Wilkie Collins."
Summary
Describing his visit to Boulogne, discussing the fairs and Fêtes, which are "much better." Mentioning that Charles Dickens remains hard at work, and that they intend to "have great festivities, and rejoicings here the week after next, in honour of the completion of Bleak House." Inquiring after Charley's leg, and after their mother's health. Mentioning Frank Stone and his own work.
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