BIB_ID
289570
Accession number
MA 93.96
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1859 Nov. 19.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 1/3 p.) ; 18 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 on Tavistock House stationery. Signed CD.
Written on Tavistock House stationery. Signed CD.
Summary
Harshly criticizing Collins' writing, noting that his story "is altogether in want of touches of relief, and life, and truth," and that his brother Wilkie would see "the same defects in it."
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