GE to Charles Bray, Geneva, [26 October 1849]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Geneva, [26 October 1849]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Geneva, [26 October 1849]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1849-10-26
Place
GENEVA
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, Geneva, [26 October 1849]
MS: Yale. Address: C. Bray Esq | Rose Hill | Coventry | Angleterre. Postmarks: GENEVE | 26 OCTO | 49 | 2s; COVENTRY | OC 29 | 1849 | A. Extract published: Cross, I, 233-236.
Rue des Chanoines 107 | Geneva.
Dear Friend
I am distressed to send you a letter about such a trifle, but one of these unfortunate newspapers has again cost 1 f. 10 c., a perfectly ruinous expense. I did not mention the matter in my last letter because I had had two papers which cost only 10 c. I must really renounce the too costly pleasure of seeing the Herald and you must tell me the news in your letters.
We have had some delicious autumn days here. If the fine weather last I am going up the Sal'e8ve 866 on Sunday with M. D'Albert. You remember the Sal'e8ve. On one side I shall have a magnificent view of the lake the town and the Jura -- on the other the range of Mt. Blanc. The walks about Geneva are perfectly enchanting. Ah! says poor Mlle. de Phaisan, nous avons un beau pays si nous n'avions pas ces Radicaux! The election of the Conseil d'Etat is to take place in November, and an émeute is expected. The actual Government is Radical, and thoroughly detested by all the "respectable" classes. Fazy 867 the vice president of the Conseil and the virtual head of the government, is an unprincipled clever fellow horribly in debt himself and on the way to reduce the government to the same position. Please to send the enclosed to Sara.
MS: Yale. Address: C. Bray Esq | Rose Hill | Coventry | Angleterre. Postmarks: GENEVE | 26 OCTO | 49 | 2s; COVENTRY | OC 29 | 1849 | A. Extract published: Cross, I, 233-236.
Rue des Chanoines 107 | Geneva.
Dear Friend
I am distressed to send you a letter about such a trifle, but one of these unfortunate newspapers has again cost 1 f. 10 c., a perfectly ruinous expense. I did not mention the matter in my last letter because I had had two papers which cost only 10 c. I must really renounce the too costly pleasure of seeing the Herald and you must tell me the news in your letters.
We have had some delicious autumn days here. If the fine weather last I am going up the Sal'e8ve 866 on Sunday with M. D'Albert. You remember the Sal'e8ve. On one side I shall have a magnificent view of the lake the town and the Jura -- on the other the range of Mt. Blanc. The walks about Geneva are perfectly enchanting. Ah! says poor Mlle. de Phaisan, nous avons un beau pays si nous n'avions pas ces Radicaux! The election of the Conseil d'Etat is to take place in November, and an émeute is expected. The actual Government is Radical, and thoroughly detested by all the "respectable" classes. Fazy 867 the vice president of the Conseil and the virtual head of the government, is an unprincipled clever fellow horribly in debt himself and on the way to reduce the government to the same position. Please to send the enclosed to Sara.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, Geneva, [26 October 1849], 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/92115