BIB_ID
458716
Accession number
MA 14886.12
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18 x 11.2 cm
Notes
One of a series of 14 letters from Edward Bulwer-Lytton to Robert Folkestone Williams (MA 14886).
Signed "EL Bulwer."
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
No address panel or envelope present.
Letter is undated. Terminal year of writing is inferred from signature "EL Bulwer." Bulwer Lytton called himself Edward Lytton Bulwer until his mother's death in December 1843, after which he was known as Edward Bulwer Lytton.
Signed "EL Bulwer."
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
No address panel or envelope present.
Letter is undated. Terminal year of writing is inferred from signature "EL Bulwer." Bulwer Lytton called himself Edward Lytton Bulwer until his mother's death in December 1843, after which he was known as Edward Bulwer Lytton.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Expressing that "deep / affliction has absorbed / all my thoughts"; explaining he "cannot asses your pages" as his circumstances cannot "admit / of the luxury of fiction"; assuming nonetheless "the / excellence of this" work based on "your past works"; hoping "to enjoy it" at a later date; giving "best wishes for its success."
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