BIB_ID
324658
Accession number
MA 469.38
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849 July 15-16].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
The first two pages of the letter were owned by Rosenbach in 1945.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
The first two pages of the letter were owned by Rosenbach in 1945.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Remarking on his "blue devils" and aging, noting "I don't see that living is such a benefit and could find it in my heart pretty readily to have an end of it;" wondering "what makes one so blase & tired I wonder at 38? Is it pain or pleasure? present solitude or too much company before," and musing that it is probably both. Including some verses titled "A Failure" (first line: "Beneath this frank and smiling face").
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