GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Torquay, 4 April 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Torquay, 4 April 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Torquay, 4 April 1868
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1868-04-04
Place
Torquay
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Torquay, 4 April 1868
Text: Cross, III, 37.
We find a few retired walks, and are the less discontented because the weather is perfect. I hope you are sharing the delights of sunshine and moonlight. There are no waves here, as you know; but under such skies as we are having, sameness is so beautiful that we find no fault, -- and there is a particular hill at Babbicombe of the richest Spanish red. On the whole, we are glad we came here, having avoided all trouble in journeying and settling. But we should not come again without special call, for in a few years all the hills will be parts of a London suburb.
How glorious this weather is for the hard workers who are looking forward to their Easter holiday! But for ourselves, we are rather afraid of the railway stations in holiday time. Certainly we are ill prepared for what Tennyson calls the "To-be," 738 and it is good that we shall soon pass from this objective existence.
Text: Cross, III, 37.
We find a few retired walks, and are the less discontented because the weather is perfect. I hope you are sharing the delights of sunshine and moonlight. There are no waves here, as you know; but under such skies as we are having, sameness is so beautiful that we find no fault, -- and there is a particular hill at Babbicombe of the richest Spanish red. On the whole, we are glad we came here, having avoided all trouble in journeying and settling. But we should not come again without special call, for in a few years all the hills will be parts of a London suburb.
How glorious this weather is for the hard workers who are looking forward to their Easter holiday! But for ourselves, we are rather afraid of the railway stations in holiday time. Certainly we are ill prepared for what Tennyson calls the "To-be," 738 and it is good that we shall soon pass from this objective existence.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Torquay, 4 April 1868, 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/93673