BIB_ID
289602
Accession number
MA 93.112
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1862 Oct. 14.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.8 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.
The first of two letters dated 14 October 1862.
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed CD.
The first of two letters dated 14 October 1862.
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed CD.
Summary
Discussing Collins' health, presuming that it is related to his work on [No Name]. Mentioning that Dickens was ill when writing Bleak House, noting that he "shall not easily forget what [he] suffered under the fear of not being able to come up to time." Offering sincerely to assist Collins in any way that he can, even to "do [his] work" with only Collins' notes and a "few words of explanation," assuring Collins that "no one should find out the difference." Encouraging Collins to think of No Name as a Christmas number, an Idle apprentice, a Lighthouse, or a Frozen Deep [all of which Collins collaborated with Dickens to varying extents]. Assuring Collins that he will be well soon, and mentioning that Katie and Charley [Collins] are visiting.
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