GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Earlswood Common, 1 July 1874
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Earlswood Common, 1 July 1874
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Earlswood Common, 1 July 1874
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1874-07-01
Place
Earlswood Common
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Earlswood Common, 1 July 1874
Text: Cross, III, 235-236.
I am so glad to know from your kind letter that you are interesting yourself, with Madame Belloc, in the poor workhouse girls. You see my only social work is to rejoice in the labours of others, while I live in luxurious remoteness from all turmoil. Of course you have seen Mrs Senior's report. I read it, and thought it very wise, very valuable in many ways, and since then she has sent me word how much she has been worried about it by (as I imagine) obstructive officials.
We are revelling in our country peacefulness, in spite of the chills and rain -- driving about every day that the weather will allow, and finding in each drive new beauties of this loveliest part of a lovely country. We are looking out for a house in this neighbourhood as a permanent retreat -- not with the idea of giving up our London house, at least for some years, but simply of having a place to which we may come for about six months of the year, and perhaps finally shrink into altogether.
Text: Cross, III, 235-236.
I am so glad to know from your kind letter that you are interesting yourself, with Madame Belloc, in the poor workhouse girls. You see my only social work is to rejoice in the labours of others, while I live in luxurious remoteness from all turmoil. Of course you have seen Mrs Senior's report. I read it, and thought it very wise, very valuable in many ways, and since then she has sent me word how much she has been worried about it by (as I imagine) obstructive officials.
We are revelling in our country peacefulness, in spite of the chills and rain -- driving about every day that the weather will allow, and finding in each drive new beauties of this loveliest part of a lovely country. We are looking out for a house in this neighbourhood as a permanent retreat -- not with the idea of giving up our London house, at least for some years, but simply of having a place to which we may come for about six months of the year, and perhaps finally shrink into altogether.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Earlswood Common, 1 July 1874, 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/93570