GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Richmond, 9 December [1856]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Richmond, 9 December [1856]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Richmond, 9 December [1856]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1856-12-09
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Richmond, 9 December [1856]
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | December 9.
Dear Sara
I think you will be interested to see this letter from Varnhagen as a remarkable specimen of handwriting from a man more than seventy and as the opinion of a learned Goethean on Mr. Lewes's book. It is a peep into the extra-Rosehill world, and I know you like such peeps. Send it me back again.
I also send you a bit of a letter from Mr. Pigott containing a rich story about Dickens and Scheffer -- not of course to be put into print. You will find it all the more delicious if you remember Scheffer's style of painting -- the spiritual, d'e9charn'e9 faces he puts into his pictures. 769
Ever yours affectionately
Marian.
Burn Mr. Pigott's letter.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | December 9.
Dear Sara
I think you will be interested to see this letter from Varnhagen as a remarkable specimen of handwriting from a man more than seventy and as the opinion of a learned Goethean on Mr. Lewes's book. It is a peep into the extra-Rosehill world, and I know you like such peeps. Send it me back again.
I also send you a bit of a letter from Mr. Pigott containing a rich story about Dickens and Scheffer -- not of course to be put into print. You will find it all the more delicious if you remember Scheffer's style of painting -- the spiritual, d'e9charn'e9 faces he puts into his pictures. 769
Ever yours affectionately
Marian.
Burn Mr. Pigott's letter.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Richmond, 9 December [1856], 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/94109