BIB_ID
290742
Accession number
MA 107.56
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1862 Dec. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 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 on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens." Docketed.
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens." Docketed.
Summary
Emphatically stating "That libel on your wife, I will never believe ... not even though I live to be as old as -- you -- will I ever believe that she was afraid to write to me." Sending, "in consideration of your extreme age and imbecility," forgiveness and blessings. Mentioning his plans to travel back to Paris, and noting his publishing success.
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