GE to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London, 8 May 1870
Title
GE to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London, 8 May 1870
Title
GE to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London, 8 May 1870
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date(s)
- 1870-05-08
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London, 8 May 1870
MS: Mrs. Helen Rossetti Angeli. Mostly published: Mathilde Blind, George Eliot, 1883, p. 209.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Sunday morning | May 8. 70.
Dear Mr. Rossetti
We returned only 'ablast'bb the night before last from a two months' journey on the Continent, and among the parcels awaiting me I found your generous gift. 172 I am very grateful to you both as giver and poet.
In cutting the leaves, while my head is still swimming from the journey, I have not resisted the temptation to read many things as they ought not to be read -- hurriedly. But even in this way I have received a stronger impression than any fresh poems have for a long while given me, that to read once is a reason for reading again. The Sonnets towards "The House of Life" attract me peculiarly. I feel about them as I do about a new cahier of music which I have been "trying" here and there with the delightful conviction that I have a great deal to become acquainted with and to like better and better.
I hope that you have been having much enjoyment lately in your painting too. Mr. Lewes unites with me in kind regards, and I am
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Mrs. Helen Rossetti Angeli. Mostly published: Mathilde Blind, George Eliot, 1883, p. 209.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Sunday morning | May 8. 70.
Dear Mr. Rossetti
We returned only 'ablast'bb the night before last from a two months' journey on the Continent, and among the parcels awaiting me I found your generous gift. 172 I am very grateful to you both as giver and poet.
In cutting the leaves, while my head is still swimming from the journey, I have not resisted the temptation to read many things as they ought not to be read -- hurriedly. But even in this way I have received a stronger impression than any fresh poems have for a long while given me, that to read once is a reason for reading again. The Sonnets towards "The House of Life" attract me peculiarly. I feel about them as I do about a new cahier of music which I have been "trying" here and there with the delightful conviction that I have a great deal to become acquainted with and to like better and better.
I hope that you have been having much enjoyment lately in your painting too. Mr. Lewes unites with me in kind regards, and I am
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London, 8 May 1870, 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/92266