Autobiography [of Harriet Martineau]

Autobiography [of Harriet Martineau]

Martineau, Harriet

Boston: Osgood & Co., 1877

Internet Archive

1877

George Eliot to John Blackwood, 20 March 1877. “We have been reading Miss Martineau's autobiography, which is pathetic and interesting throughout the childhood and early youth. But afterwards when she has to tell about her writings and what others said and did concerning them, the impression on me was one of shuddering vexation with myself that I had ever said a word to anybody about either compliments or injuries in relation to my own doings. But assuredly I shall not write such things down to be published after my death.” GEL 6: 351-2 

Martineau, Harriet, Autobiography [of Harriet Martineau], George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57703

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