GE to Martha Jackson, Foleshill, 31 October 1844
Title
GE to Martha Jackson, Foleshill, 31 October 1844
Title
GE to Martha Jackson, Foleshill, 31 October 1844
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Martha Jackson
Date(s)
- 1844-10-31
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Martha Jackson, Foleshill, 31 October 1844
Text: Poet-Lore, 6 (April 1894), 186.
Foleshill | October 31, 1844.
My dear Patty,
I am not afflicted with paralysis, neither have I forgotten my mother tongue, or, what I was afraid you would think more likely, my friends. From all these woes I am free, and yet I have let weeks pass without writing to one who is more entitled than most persons to rank with the latter denomination. If, dear Patty, you saw how much I do write, and how I nauseate pen, ink, and paper, you would ask no further reason for my silence. But I have indulged my antipathies and my idleness too much, and feel guilty towards more than yourself. I am sure you will forgive me sooner than I shall forgive myself, so that I am writing now solely under the influence of love and not of fear.
Your affectionate
Mary Ann.
Text: Poet-Lore, 6 (April 1894), 186.
Foleshill | October 31, 1844.
My dear Patty,
I am not afflicted with paralysis, neither have I forgotten my mother tongue, or, what I was afraid you would think more likely, my friends. From all these woes I am free, and yet I have let weeks pass without writing to one who is more entitled than most persons to rank with the latter denomination. If, dear Patty, you saw how much I do write, and how I nauseate pen, ink, and paper, you would ask no further reason for my silence. But I have indulged my antipathies and my idleness too much, and feel guilty towards more than yourself. I am sure you will forgive me sooner than I shall forgive myself, so that I am writing now solely under the influence of love and not of fear.
Your affectionate
Mary Ann.
Signature
Mary Ann.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Martha Jackson, Foleshill, 31 October 1844, 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/92928