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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Dickens, [1861 Apr. 27?].

BIB_ID
290018
Accession number
MA 104.17
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
[1861 Apr. 27?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.9 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters to Charles and Catherine Dickens. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 104 for more information.
Sent from 35 St. James's Place and dated "Saturday"; the exact date is from House, Storey, and Tillotson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Discussing a story that he is writing for All the Year Round; expressing his "doubts as to the suitableness of this tale to [All the Year Round's] audience"; saying that he is reading Great Expectations and is "literally enchanted."