Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, Coventry, 14 February 1846
Title
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, Coventry, 14 February 1846
Title
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, Coventry, 14 February 1846
Sender
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1846-02-14
Place
Coventry
Letter Content
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, Coventry, 14 February 1846
Text: Bray-Hennell Extracts, Tinker Collection, Yale. Published: Cross, I, 139.
We have seen more of M.A. than usual this week. She said she was Strauss-sick -- it made her ill dissecting the beautiful story of the crucifixion, and only the sight of her Christ-image and picture 596 made her endure it. Moreover as her work advances nearer its public appearance, she grows dreadfully nervous. Poor thing, I do pity her sometimes with her pale sickly face and dreadful headaches, and anxiety too about her father. This illness of his [has] tried her so much, for all the time she had for rest and fresh air, she had to read to him. Nevertheless she looks very happy and satisfied at times with her work.
Text: Bray-Hennell Extracts, Tinker Collection, Yale. Published: Cross, I, 139.
We have seen more of M.A. than usual this week. She said she was Strauss-sick -- it made her ill dissecting the beautiful story of the crucifixion, and only the sight of her Christ-image and picture 596 made her endure it. Moreover as her work advances nearer its public appearance, she grows dreadfully nervous. Poor thing, I do pity her sometimes with her pale sickly face and dreadful headaches, and anxiety too about her father. This illness of his [has] tried her so much, for all the time she had for rest and fresh air, she had to read to him. Nevertheless she looks very happy and satisfied at times with her work.
Citation
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray to Sara Sophia Hennell, Coventry, 14 February 1846, 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/95555