GE to Mrs. Richard Strachey, London, 19 December 1880
Title
GE to Mrs. Richard Strachey, London, 19 December 1880
Title
GE to Mrs. Richard Strachey, London, 19 December 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Richard Strachey
Date(s)
- 1880-12-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Richard Strachey, London, 19 December 1880
MS: British Museum. Published: Cross, III, 438; facsimile in TLS, 16 May 1968, p. 507.
Cheyne Walk, | Chelsea, S.W.
December 19. 1880.
Dear Mrs. Strachey
I have been thinking so much of Lady Colvile, and yet I shrank from troubling even your more indirect and sympathetic sorrow with a letter. 563 I am wondering how far her health is in a state to endure this loss -- a loss which extends even to me who only occasionally saw, but was always cheered by, the expression of a wise and sweet nature which clearly shone in Sir James Colvile's manner and conversation. One great comfort I believe she has -- that of a sister's affection. 564
MS: British Museum. Published: Cross, III, 438; facsimile in TLS, 16 May 1968, p. 507.
Cheyne Walk, | Chelsea, S.W.
December 19. 1880.
Dear Mrs. Strachey
I have been thinking so much of Lady Colvile, and yet I shrank from troubling even your more indirect and sympathetic sorrow with a letter. 563 I am wondering how far her health is in a state to endure this loss -- a loss which extends even to me who only occasionally saw, but was always cheered by, the expression of a wise and sweet nature which clearly shone in Sir James Colvile's manner and conversation. One great comfort I believe she has -- that of a sister's affection. 564
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Richard Strachey, London, 19 December 1880, 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/93683