GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Gorey, 26 May 1857
Title
GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Gorey, 26 May 1857
Title
GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Gorey, 26 May 1857
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Isaac Pearson Evans
Date(s)
- 1857-05-26
Place
Gorey
Letter Content
GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Gorey, 26 May 1857
MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Address: I. P. Evans Esq. | Griffe | near Nuneaton | Warwickshire. Postmarks: JERSEY | MY 27 | 1857; NUNEATON | MY 28 | 1857 | B. Hitherto unpublished. A copy in GHL's hand is at Yale.
Rosa Cottage | Gorey | Jersey | May 26th 1857.
My dear Brother
You will be surprized, I dare say, but I hope not sorry, to learn that I have changed my name, and have someone to take care of me in the world. The event is not at all a sudden one, though it may appear sudden in its announcement to you. My husband has been known to me for several years, and I am well acquainted with his mind and character. He is occupied entirely with scientific and learned pursuits, is several 872 years older than myself, and has three boys, two of whom are at school in Switzerland, and one in England.
We shall remain at the coast here, or in Brittany for some months, on account of my health, which has for some time been very frail, and which is benefited by the sea air. The winter we shall probably spend in Germany. But any inconvenience about money payments to me may, I suppose, be avoided if you will be kind enough to pay my income to the account of Mr. G. H. Lewes, into the Union Bank of London, Charing Cross Branch, 4, Pall Mall East, Mr. Lewes having an account there.
I wrote to you many weeks ago from Scilly, enclosing a letter to Chrissey, which if you received it, you would of course put by for her, as it was written in ignorance of her extreme illness. But as I have not received any intimation that my letter reached you, I think it safest to repeat its chief purport, which was to request that you would pay £15 of my present half year's income to Chrissey.
I shall also be much obliged if you will inform me how Chrissey is, and whether she is strong enough to make it desirable for me to write to her.
Give my love to Sarah 873 and tell her I am very grateful to her for letting me have news of Chrissey. I received two notes of hers through Fanny, and subsequently another, in answer to mine.
The enclosed letter to Fanny I shall be glad if you will address for me as I fear "Leamington," which was all I could put on a previous letter I wrote to her, may hardly suffice in a large town where there may be several Mrs. Houghtons.
We are not at all rich people, but we are both workers, and shall have enough for our wants.
I hope you are all well and that Sarah is recovered from her fatigues and anxieties. With love to her and all my tall nephews and nieces, I remain, dear Isaac,
Your affectionate Sister
Marian Lewes.
MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Address: I. P. Evans Esq. | Griffe | near Nuneaton | Warwickshire. Postmarks: JERSEY | MY 27 | 1857; NUNEATON | MY 28 | 1857 | B. Hitherto unpublished. A copy in GHL's hand is at Yale.
Rosa Cottage | Gorey | Jersey | May 26th 1857.
My dear Brother
You will be surprized, I dare say, but I hope not sorry, to learn that I have changed my name, and have someone to take care of me in the world. The event is not at all a sudden one, though it may appear sudden in its announcement to you. My husband has been known to me for several years, and I am well acquainted with his mind and character. He is occupied entirely with scientific and learned pursuits, is several 872 years older than myself, and has three boys, two of whom are at school in Switzerland, and one in England.
We shall remain at the coast here, or in Brittany for some months, on account of my health, which has for some time been very frail, and which is benefited by the sea air. The winter we shall probably spend in Germany. But any inconvenience about money payments to me may, I suppose, be avoided if you will be kind enough to pay my income to the account of Mr. G. H. Lewes, into the Union Bank of London, Charing Cross Branch, 4, Pall Mall East, Mr. Lewes having an account there.
I wrote to you many weeks ago from Scilly, enclosing a letter to Chrissey, which if you received it, you would of course put by for her, as it was written in ignorance of her extreme illness. But as I have not received any intimation that my letter reached you, I think it safest to repeat its chief purport, which was to request that you would pay £15 of my present half year's income to Chrissey.
I shall also be much obliged if you will inform me how Chrissey is, and whether she is strong enough to make it desirable for me to write to her.
Give my love to Sarah 873 and tell her I am very grateful to her for letting me have news of Chrissey. I received two notes of hers through Fanny, and subsequently another, in answer to mine.
The enclosed letter to Fanny I shall be glad if you will address for me as I fear "Leamington," which was all I could put on a previous letter I wrote to her, may hardly suffice in a large town where there may be several Mrs. Houghtons.
We are not at all rich people, but we are both workers, and shall have enough for our wants.
I hope you are all well and that Sarah is recovered from her fatigues and anxieties. With love to her and all my tall nephews and nieces, I remain, dear Isaac,
Your affectionate Sister
Marian Lewes.
Signature
Marian Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Gorey, 26 May 1857, 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/92536