BIB_ID
447359
Accession number
MA 2876.24
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1857 May 3
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 21.3 x 13.7 cm (folded)
Notes
Addressed "My dear, much honoured friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Reporting that he sent the last three sheets of "To Be or Not to Be" and hoping Mrs. Bushby will be able to translate it; assuring as to the sending of the German translation of the book; reporting on the Danish version of the book; giving travel plans to England; hoping Bentley forwarded letters to Charles Dickens and Mrs. Bushby that were enclosed in the previous letter (sent on April 15); further discussing travel plans; considering this book "my most mature and most important work"; giving a note for Mrs. Bushby regarding pages 266-7 of the novel.
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