The City of Dreadful Night, and other poems

The City of Dreadful Night, and other poems

Thomson, James

London: Reeves & Turner, 1880 ["The City of Dreadful Night" was originally published serially in the National Reformer, 22 March - 17 May 1874.]

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1880

George Eliot to James Thomson, 30 May 1874. “Dear Poet, I cannot rest satisfied without telling you that my mind responds with admiration to the distinct vision and grand utterance in the poem which you have been so good as to send me.” GEL 6: 53 

Thomson, James, The City of Dreadful Night, and other poems, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57805

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