GE to John Blackwood, [Richmond, 5 September 1857]
Title
GE to John Blackwood, [Richmond, 5 September 1857]
Title
GE to John Blackwood, [Richmond, 5 September 1857]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1857-09-05
Place
[Richmond]
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, [Richmond, 5 September 1857]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: Oct. 1857. Extracts published: Cross, I, 464.
My dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 31st enclosing a cheque for £20.
Part IV will have reached you, I hope, by the time you receive this letter. With Part V the story will end.
Unless there be any strong reason to the contrary, I should like to close the series with this story. According to my calculation, which however may be an erroneous one, the three stories will make two good volumes, i.e. good as to bulk.
I have a subject in my mind which will not come under the limitations of the title "Clerical Life," and I am inclined to take a large canvas for it, and write a novel. 964
In case of my writing fiction for Maga again, I should like to be considerably beforehand with my work, so that you can read a thoroughly decisive portion before beginning to print.
According to my calculation, a page of Maga makes three good pages of a novel, and in that case the three stories would make 2 volumes of 300 pages each. 965 But if I am wrong, you will be good enough to set me right. Ever, my dear Sir,
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
J. Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: Oct. 1857. Extracts published: Cross, I, 464.
My dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 31st enclosing a cheque for £20.
Part IV will have reached you, I hope, by the time you receive this letter. With Part V the story will end.
Unless there be any strong reason to the contrary, I should like to close the series with this story. According to my calculation, which however may be an erroneous one, the three stories will make two good volumes, i.e. good as to bulk.
I have a subject in my mind which will not come under the limitations of the title "Clerical Life," and I am inclined to take a large canvas for it, and write a novel. 964
In case of my writing fiction for Maga again, I should like to be considerably beforehand with my work, so that you can read a thoroughly decisive portion before beginning to print.
According to my calculation, a page of Maga makes three good pages of a novel, and in that case the three stories would make 2 volumes of 300 pages each. 965 But if I am wrong, you will be good enough to set me right. Ever, my dear Sir,
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
J. Blackwood Esq.
Signature
George Eliot.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, [Richmond, 5 September 1857], 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/92559