BIB_ID
290620
Accession number
MA 107.20
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1854 Dec. 6.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence between Charles Dickens and William Charles Macready. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 107 for more information.
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD." Docketed.
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD." Docketed.
Summary
Discussing Dickens' reading engagements in Sherbourne, complaining at the time set and mentioning that in the "smaller sphere of Sherborne the Shabby" Dickens can "rattle off" his reading in two and half hours. Mentioning the praise Dickens has heard regarding Macready's readings in Birmingham.
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