BIB_ID
289457
Accession number
MA 93.46
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1856 Apr. 13.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written from Champs Elysées. Signed Charles Dickens.
Written from Champs Elysées. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Discussing Collins' journey and his health, and inviting him to stay at Tavistock House. Mentioning visitors, including Macready, Poole, Miss Power, and the "little Lemons," and their plans to depart. Forwarding a letter from Forgues [translator of Collins' works into French], and noting that it was accompanied by a copy of Collins' book "The Lighthouse," which the "little Lemons" will bring to him.
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