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Letter from Hans Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, to Richard Bentley, 1848 October 27 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447299
Accession number
MA 2876.6
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1848 October 27
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 21.6 x 13.7 cm (folded)
Notes
Address panel: Richard Bentley Esq / New Burlington Street / London.
Addressed "Dear Friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Expressing anxiety over how "The Two Baronesses" is being received in England; believing it is better than "The Improvisatore" in its maturity; reporting that the Literary Gazette arrived with an announcement of the book's publication and hoping other reviews resemble it; hoping to hear positive news from Bentley; expressing his positive feelings toward Bentley; confirming that Edward Bulwer Lytton and Charles Dickens got copies of the book; discussing dates for the publication of "The Two Baronesses" in German and Danish; reporting in a postscript written the next day that he received "the books and your letter"; expressing joy and thankfulness.