BIB_ID
325717
Accession number
MA 469.80
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849 Feb. 1-2].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Written from "Meurice's Hotel. Rivoli Street, Paris."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Remarking that he is very tired after coming home from the Opera, where "my friend Jim Rothschild gave me a place in his box;" mentioning some celebrities (the President, etc.) he saw there. Noting that "I am undergoing the quarantine of family dinners with the most angelic patience" and wishing that he was instead dining at restaurants; remarking that he is glad to have come on this trip because it will furnish him with at least six weeks of material for Punch; hoping that she is feeling better after her trip to the country. Continuing the letter on Saturday: noting that he is becoming interested in the local politics and that "some say there is a revolution ready for today" and summarizing the papers. Describing his pleasant reception in Paris and motioning that has seen several acquaintances immediately upon arriving. Noting that he was the Mystèries de Londres [adapted from the popular romance by Paul Féval] and describing the plot in great detail. Wondering if she reads his whole letters; identifying with Pendennis who "was once absurdly attached to a lady who didn't read all he wrote." Asking her to write.
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