GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [21 December 1852]
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [21 December 1852]
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [21 December 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Bessie Rayner Parkes
Date(s)
- 1852-12-21
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [21 December 1852]
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Miss Parkes | 2 Saville Row. Postmark:
Strand C | DE 22 | 1852 | B. Hitherto unpublished.
Tuesday Evening.
Dear Bessie
My brother-in-law is dead, and I go down to my sister on Thursday. So I cannot be with you in the evening as we proposed.
Thanks for your precious words of cheering and sympathy. I am quite calm today -- queen of myself and of circumstances.
Write to me when I am away -- at Mrs. E. Clarke's, Meriden. But do not come to see me to-morrow -- I must keep myself from the excitement of talking.
Ever your faithful and loving friend
Marian.
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Miss Parkes | 2 Saville Row. Postmark:
Strand C | DE 22 | 1852 | B. Hitherto unpublished.
Tuesday Evening.
Dear Bessie
My brother-in-law is dead, and I go down to my sister on Thursday. So I cannot be with you in the evening as we proposed.
Thanks for your precious words of cheering and sympathy. I am quite calm today -- queen of myself and of circumstances.
Write to me when I am away -- at Mrs. E. Clarke's, Meriden. But do not come to see me to-morrow -- I must keep myself from the excitement of talking.
Ever your faithful and loving friend
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [21 December 1852], 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/92040