BIB_ID
307290
Accession number
MA 2626.2
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Rome, Italy, 1845 February 4.
Credit line
Purchased, 1968.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 13.8 x 8.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of six letters from Charles Dickens to the Swiss banker Emile de la Rue. Letters have been described individually in six catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Collection of Miss Gladys Storey; purchased in 1968.
Summary
Discussing Madame de la Rue and his mesmerism of her; mentioning her "gradually altering state," and fearing that the influence he exerted over her is "fading fast" now that he can no longer mesmerize her in person; alluding to his correspondence with her and referencing the terrible dream that has tormented her, observing "that her fear of it is greater than her subservience to me;" saying that he cannot beat down this "Phantom" from a distance, but proclaiming that "pursuing that Magnetic power, and being near to her and with her, I believe that I can shiver it like Glass."
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