BIB_ID
447367
Accession number
MA 2876.29
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, 1865 November 18
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.3 cm (folded)
Notes
Address panel: "Richard Bentley Esq / New Burlington Street / London". Trace of a seal on verso.
Addressed "Dear friend!"
Addressed "Dear friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Commenting on how long it has been since he last wrote; informing that he has recently written a pair of theatrical comedies and has also published a new volume of tales; introducing Danish author Valdemar Adolph Thisted, who wants his novel, Breve fra Helvede, translated into English by Mrs. Bushby and published by Bentley; informing that Thisted will soon write and that Andersen has not read the manuscript, "as I am going to Lissabon, if the kolera, as I hope, soon is ceasing there as wel [sic] as in France".
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