BIB_ID
290484
Accession number
MA 105.64
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1841 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 2 engravings and 73 letters primarily from Charles Dickens to John Macrone. Letters are cataloged individually in 75 records (MA 105.1-75); see related records for full description.
The Bryden referenced is probably William Bryden (or Brydone), Macready's sometimes business manager who was dismissed for incompetence in 1842.--Cf. House, p. 72, n. 7.
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens.
The Bryden referenced is probably William Bryden (or Brydone), Macready's sometimes business manager who was dismissed for incompetence in 1842.--Cf. House, p. 72, n. 7.
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Setting out to tell Overs why Dickens' interest in him "has undergone a change," and berating Overs' conduct with Macready at length. Noting that when Overs seems to "recognize no difference" between himself and Macready, he has lost sight of "his true position in regard to that gentleman." Recognizing Overs' right to leave Macready's employment, and noting that his "manner of leaving it ... is what [Dickens] quarrels with," and that it leads Dickens to the conclusion that Macready and Bryden treated Overs with "a delicacy and a consideration which [Overs] did not deserve." Stating that Dickens is very sorry to have ever recommended him to Macready. Also criticizing a letter from Overs to Dickens, noting that Overs' conduct has disappointed Dickens, that it has shown him that Overs is "not the sort of man" that Dickens took him for, and that "coming from [Overs] it only confirms [Dickens] in the impression that there is something wanting in [Overs], which [Dickens] believed [him] to possess." Reassuring Overs that although disappointment has slackened his zeal to serve him, Dickens "still entertain[s] the desire" to assist him, and would do so, if he had the opportunity.
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