BIB_ID
289749
Accession number
MA 94.86
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1858 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Dickens to his contemporaries. Items in the collection are described separately. See MA 94 for more information.
Written on stationery with "Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London W.C." printed at the top.
Written on stationery with "Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London W.C." printed at the top.
Summary
Explaining that he never read her last letter because he had determined not to dwell on the matter of his separation from his wife, Catherine Dickens; saying that he has "a perfect conviction" that she will understand why he did not read the letter.
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