GE to Alice Helps, London, [April? 1874]
Title
GE to Alice Helps, London, [April? 1874]
Title
GE to Alice Helps, London, [April? 1874]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Alice Helps
Date(s)
- 1874-04
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Alice Helps, London, [April? 1874]
Text: Maggs Brothers Catalogue 451 (Summer 1924), item 811.
North Bank, | Regents Park.
Since the man once cast the blame on the woman, I will for once again cast it on the man and tell you that the verdant folly of writing to you at Burlington House was committed by a Mr. Lewes's advice. He had a romantic idea that somebody lived there, very high and mighty, whom you were visiting. Else, I should have acted on what was my interpretation of your request and have gone to meet you there. . . .
Among the dresses which Mrs. Martin 236 has kindly spared me, there is nothing with the full front like yours and the agreeable bishop sleeve.
I cannot bear to have seemed for a moment sluggish and neglectful about answering a letter. That is not one of my vices.
Text: Maggs Brothers Catalogue 451 (Summer 1924), item 811.
North Bank, | Regents Park.
Since the man once cast the blame on the woman, I will for once again cast it on the man and tell you that the verdant folly of writing to you at Burlington House was committed by a Mr. Lewes's advice. He had a romantic idea that somebody lived there, very high and mighty, whom you were visiting. Else, I should have acted on what was my interpretation of your request and have gone to meet you there. . . .
Among the dresses which Mrs. Martin 236 has kindly spared me, there is nothing with the full front like yours and the agreeable bishop sleeve.
I cannot bear to have seemed for a moment sluggish and neglectful about answering a letter. That is not one of my vices.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Alice Helps, London, [April? 1874], 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/92003