BIB_ID
437909
Accession number
MA 14345.43
Creator
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849, sender.
Display Date
Trim, Ireland, 1837 January 10
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 16.1 x 10 cm
Notes
Year of writing suggested by the publication date of Gore's novel The ambassador's wife (London : R. Bentley, 1842).
The final four pages of a letter, signed by Gore and lacking date.
Writen on black edged mourning stationery.
The final four pages of a letter, signed by Gore and lacking date.
Writen on black edged mourning stationery.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Offering some critical observations on and words of praise for Gore's novel "The ambassador's wife", including some reservations she or other readers have had concerning Gore's treatment of the heroine Ida and the character of Alfred de Vaudreuil; noting that she is not yet well enough to write with her own hand, and informing her that she is currently staying with her sister and brother-in-law (Harriet and Richard Butler) in Trim, Ireland.
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