Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Coventry, 19 April 1845]
Title
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Coventry, 19 April 1845]
Title
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Coventry, 19 April 1845]
Sender
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1845-04-19
Place
Coventry
Letter Content
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Coventry, 19 April 1845]
Text: Bray-Hennell Extracts, Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
We had a nice invitation to dine at Atherstone Hall 549 to meet Harriet Martineau. 550 . . . M.A. and I both felt that we admire Miss M. much more for having seen her. C. was disappointed with her small ordinary-looking woman's head, and wonders how the poor head can have done so much. Her conversation is delightful, and her manners so perfectly easy and lady-like. She talked much with me about her brother James, Alfred etc. when she found I was related, and of course very much about mesmerism.
Text: Bray-Hennell Extracts, Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
We had a nice invitation to dine at Atherstone Hall 549 to meet Harriet Martineau. 550 . . . M.A. and I both felt that we admire Miss M. much more for having seen her. C. was disappointed with her small ordinary-looking woman's head, and wonders how the poor head can have done so much. Her conversation is delightful, and her manners so perfectly easy and lady-like. She talked much with me about her brother James, Alfred etc. when she found I was related, and of course very much about mesmerism.
Citation
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Coventry, 19 April 1845], 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/95551