GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Wandsworth, 7 February 1860
Title
GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Wandsworth, 7 February 1860
Title
GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Wandsworth, 7 February 1860
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Francois D'Albert-Durade
Date(s)
- 1860-02-07
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Wandsworth, 7 February 1860
MS: The late Arthur Pforzheimer. Published: Cross, New Edition, p. 303.
Holly Lodge, South Fields | Wandsworth | February 7. 1860.
My dear Friend
I must be satisfied to send a very brief answer to your kind letter, 470 received this morning, that I may lose no time in giving you the authorization which I enclose.
I am deeply gratified by your consent to undertake the labour of translation, and I have more than a literary satisfaction in it: I have an affectionate pleasure in the thought that you and Madame d'Albert will talk over some of my pages together.
Mr. Lewes shares my feeling of gratification as an author, that I can have so much confidence in my translator. In spite of your disbelief in the veracity of my descriptions, I shall persist in thinking that he will not be disappointed if ever we have the pleasure of conversing in a quartett at Geneva. Your letters have already introduced you to him, apart from my descriptions.
We are quite of your opinion as to the dialect 471 in "Adam Bede." As simple, biblical French as possible will be the best vehicle, and I think Mrs. Poyser's epigrams will wed themselves very felicitously to the most epigrammatic of languages.
Mr. Lewes begs me to express the pleasure he feels in the revival of my correspondence with such valued friends. Give my affectionate remembrances to Madame d'Albert, and believe me
Always yours very sincerely
Marian Evans Lewes.
Monsieur d'Albert-Durade.
MS: The late Arthur Pforzheimer. Published: Cross, New Edition, p. 303.
Holly Lodge, South Fields | Wandsworth | February 7. 1860.
My dear Friend
I must be satisfied to send a very brief answer to your kind letter, 470 received this morning, that I may lose no time in giving you the authorization which I enclose.
I am deeply gratified by your consent to undertake the labour of translation, and I have more than a literary satisfaction in it: I have an affectionate pleasure in the thought that you and Madame d'Albert will talk over some of my pages together.
Mr. Lewes shares my feeling of gratification as an author, that I can have so much confidence in my translator. In spite of your disbelief in the veracity of my descriptions, I shall persist in thinking that he will not be disappointed if ever we have the pleasure of conversing in a quartett at Geneva. Your letters have already introduced you to him, apart from my descriptions.
We are quite of your opinion as to the dialect 471 in "Adam Bede." As simple, biblical French as possible will be the best vehicle, and I think Mrs. Poyser's epigrams will wed themselves very felicitously to the most epigrammatic of languages.
Mr. Lewes begs me to express the pleasure he feels in the revival of my correspondence with such valued friends. Give my affectionate remembrances to Madame d'Albert, and believe me
Always yours very sincerely
Marian Evans Lewes.
Monsieur d'Albert-Durade.
Signature
Marian Evans Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Wandsworth, 7 February 1860, 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/92379