GE Journal, London, 20 October-18 November 1864
Title
GE Journal, London, 20 October-18 November 1864
Title
GE Journal, London, 20 October-18 November 1864
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Ge Journal
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Date(s)
- 1864-10-20–<br /> 1864-11-18
Place
London
Letter Content
GE Journal, London, 20 October-18 November 1864
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, II, 391.
G. set off for Malvern, to try fresh air and the water cure. 291
Monday.
We have had a letter today from Thornie, after a long interval during which he was "up country." It is altogether cheering and I have sent it on to George. The excitement of this pleasure disturbed me too much to let me work, as I was not very well before-hand.
November 3.
G. returned from Malvern, much benefited by the Water Cure.
Read my 2d Act to George. It is written in verse -- my first serious attempt at blank verse. G. praises and encourages me.
I have been at a very low ebb body and mind for the last few days, sticking in the mud continually in the construction of my 3, 4, and 5 acts. Yesterday Mrs. Congreve and her sister came. Browning also to tell us of a bust of Savonarola in terra-cotta just discovered at
Florence. Yesterday I settled my 3d and 5th acts. This morning I must determine the 4th.
* 14-18.
Ill and obliged to keep perfectly quiet. I read Prescott 292 again and made notes.
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, II, 391.
G. set off for Malvern, to try fresh air and the water cure. 291
Monday.
We have had a letter today from Thornie, after a long interval during which he was "up country." It is altogether cheering and I have sent it on to George. The excitement of this pleasure disturbed me too much to let me work, as I was not very well before-hand.
November 3.
G. returned from Malvern, much benefited by the Water Cure.
Read my 2d Act to George. It is written in verse -- my first serious attempt at blank verse. G. praises and encourages me.
I have been at a very low ebb body and mind for the last few days, sticking in the mud continually in the construction of my 3, 4, and 5 acts. Yesterday Mrs. Congreve and her sister came. Browning also to tell us of a bust of Savonarola in terra-cotta just discovered at
Florence. Yesterday I settled my 3d and 5th acts. This morning I must determine the 4th.
* 14-18.
Ill and obliged to keep perfectly quiet. I read Prescott 292 again and made notes.
Citation
Ge Journal, GE Journal, London, 20 October-18 November 1864, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/91910