Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Alfred de Musset

Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Alfred de Musset

Musset, Alfred de

New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1870

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1870

George Eliot to Mrs. Richard Congreve, 14 August 1871. “We enjoy our roomy house and pretty lawn greatly. Imagine me seated near a window, opening under a verandah, with flower-beds and lawn and pretty hills in sight, my feet on a warm water-bottle, and my writing on my knees. In that attitude my mornings are passed. We dine at two; and at four, when the tea comes in, I begin to read aloud. About six or half-past we walk on to the commons and see the great sky over our head. At eight we are usually in the house again, and fill our evening with physics, chemistry, or other wisdom if our heads are at par; if not, we take to folly, in the shape of Alfred de Musset's poems, or something akin to them.” GEL 5: 177

Musset, Alfred de, Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Alfred de Musset, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57418

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