John Blackwood to Wm. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 22 April 1875
Title
John Blackwood to Wm. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 22 April 1875
Title
John Blackwood to Wm. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 22 April 1875
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
Wm. Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1875-04-22
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to Wm. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 22 April 1875
Text: John Blackwood, p. 386.
I had great pleasure in receiving your letter to-day. The interview with the Leweses must have been deeply interesting, and I only wish you could have reported her looking better. I have seen her several times in those depressed states about her work, but always when she fairly began to speak one felt that there was occasion not for depression but for rejoicing. Certainly she does seem to feel that in producing her books she is producing a living thing, and no doubt her books will live longer than is given to children of the flesh.
Text: John Blackwood, p. 386.
I had great pleasure in receiving your letter to-day. The interview with the Leweses must have been deeply interesting, and I only wish you could have reported her looking better. I have seen her several times in those depressed states about her work, but always when she fairly began to speak one felt that there was occasion not for depression but for rejoicing. Certainly she does seem to feel that in producing her books she is producing a living thing, and no doubt her books will live longer than is given to children of the flesh.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to Wm. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 22 April 1875, 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/95480