BIB_ID
289640
Accession number
MA 93.139
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1868 Jan. 31.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 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 monogrammed stationery. Signed CD.
Written on monogrammed stationery. Signed CD.
Summary
Discussing the success of their play [No Thoroughfare], and mentioning that he has heard nothing from Mr. Barrett [who originally offered to stage No Thoroughfare in New York]. Mentioning that all Dickens' works are being turned into plays, and discussing his reading tour, noting that he is performing "now among smaller halls, but the audiences are immense."
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