GE to William Allingham, London, 26 March 1874
Title
GE to William Allingham, London, 26 March 1874
Title
GE to William Allingham, London, 26 March 1874
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
William Allingham
Date(s)
- 1874-03-26
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to William Allingham, London, 26 March 1874
MS: Privately owned. Published: Letters to William Allingham, ed. H. Allingham and E. Baumer Williams, 1911, pp. 176-177.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 26. 74.
Dear Mr. Allingham
Sincere thanks for the gift of "Laurence Bloomfield." 61 I have just finished reading it to the end, and you will not think me impertinent if I indulge my wish to tell you that its wisdom and fine sympathies have cheered me greatly.
In the far off days of my early teens I used to enjoy Crabbe, but if my imperfect memory does him justice, your narrative of homely life is touched with a higher poetry than his.
Always sincerely yours
M. E. Lewes.
W. Allingham Esq.
MS: Privately owned. Published: Letters to William Allingham, ed. H. Allingham and E. Baumer Williams, 1911, pp. 176-177.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 26. 74.
Dear Mr. Allingham
Sincere thanks for the gift of "Laurence Bloomfield." 61 I have just finished reading it to the end, and you will not think me impertinent if I indulge my wish to tell you that its wisdom and fine sympathies have cheered me greatly.
In the far off days of my early teens I used to enjoy Crabbe, but if my imperfect memory does him justice, your narrative of homely life is touched with a higher poetry than his.
Always sincerely yours
M. E. Lewes.
W. Allingham Esq.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to William Allingham, London, 26 March 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/94172