GE Journal, London, 1 December 1876
Title
GE Journal, London, 1 December 1876
Title
GE Journal, London, 1 December 1876
Sender
Ge Journal
Recipient
U
Date(s)
- 1876-12-01
Place
London
Letter Content
GE Journal, London, 1 December 1876
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 297-298.
December 1876.
Since we came home at the beginning of September I have been made aware of much repugnance or else indifference towards the Jewish part of Deronda, and of some hostile as well as adverse reviewing. On the other hand there have been the strongest expressions of interest -- some persons adhering to the opinion, started during the early numbers, that the book is my best -- delighted letters have here and there been sent to me, and the sale both in America and in England has been an unmistakeable guarantee that the public has been touched. Words of gratitude have come from Jews and Jewesses, and there are certain signs that I may have contributed my mite to a good result. The sale hitherto has exceeded that of Middlemarch as to the £2/2s four-volumed form, but we do not expect an equal success for the guinea edition which has lately been issued.
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 297-298.
December 1876.
Since we came home at the beginning of September I have been made aware of much repugnance or else indifference towards the Jewish part of Deronda, and of some hostile as well as adverse reviewing. On the other hand there have been the strongest expressions of interest -- some persons adhering to the opinion, started during the early numbers, that the book is my best -- delighted letters have here and there been sent to me, and the sale both in America and in England has been an unmistakeable guarantee that the public has been touched. Words of gratitude have come from Jews and Jewesses, and there are certain signs that I may have contributed my mite to a good result. The sale hitherto has exceeded that of Middlemarch as to the £2/2s four-volumed form, but we do not expect an equal success for the guinea edition which has lately been issued.
Citation
Ge Journal, GE Journal, London, 1 December 1876, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/91886