GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 5 November 1858
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 5 November 1858
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 5 November 1858
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Bessie Rayner Parkes
Date(s)
- 1858-11-05
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 5 November 1858
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Miss Parkes | 14A Princes Street | Cavendish Square | London. Postmarks: RICHMOND; LONDON SW | 8 | NO 5 | 58. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | November 5th. 1858.
Dearest Bessie
Yes! I do wish to have the Journal, but I will begin, please, with the next January No. paying my subscription for 1859.
Thanks for the October No. I have read the article on Domestic Life, 1218 but, very perversely, do not like the first part of it so well as your other articles. It wants their charm of concreteness and simple presentation -- seems to me too ambitious and abstract. I liked it better towards the end, and wished you had gone on longer.
That Sunday walk 1219 with you is very sweet in my memory. I care for you very much, and think of a happy, useful future for you with hope.
Ever your loving Friend
Marian Lewes.
Miss Parkes
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Miss Parkes | 14A Princes Street | Cavendish Square | London. Postmarks: RICHMOND; LONDON SW | 8 | NO 5 | 58. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | November 5th. 1858.
Dearest Bessie
Yes! I do wish to have the Journal, but I will begin, please, with the next January No. paying my subscription for 1859.
Thanks for the October No. I have read the article on Domestic Life, 1218 but, very perversely, do not like the first part of it so well as your other articles. It wants their charm of concreteness and simple presentation -- seems to me too ambitious and abstract. I liked it better towards the end, and wished you had gone on longer.
That Sunday walk 1219 with you is very sweet in my memory. I care for you very much, and think of a happy, useful future for you with hope.
Ever your loving Friend
Marian Lewes.
Miss Parkes
Signature
Marian Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 5 November 1858, 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/92071