GE to John Blackwood, Richmond, 8 September 1858
Title
GE to John Blackwood, Richmond, 8 September 1858
Title
GE to John Blackwood, Richmond, 8 September 1858
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1858-09-08
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, Richmond, 8 September 1858
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | September 8th. 58.
My dear Sir
I hope you will soon receive, through Mr. Simpson, the M.S. of [Adam Bede,] up to what must be the end of the second volume. I wish it reached to the end of the third instead of the second, for the story is so closely knit together that it must lose by being read in fragments. But since I am behindhand, it is important to use every means of saving time, and it will be some saving if you will be so good as to read this portion at your earliest convenience.
Mr. Lewes tells me I shall lose a considerable advantage if the book does not appear in the Christmas season, and I shall work with the hope of being ready in time for that. I suppose the three volumes could be printed in six weeks, when the preliminaries were once arranged?
If you had not assured me that you retain a vivid recollection of the first part, I should have entreated you to re-read it, hard as that entreaty would be on you, for the early part of this new portion would suffer especially from a dim notion of what precedes.
I am always, my dear Sir
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | September 8th. 58.
My dear Sir
I hope you will soon receive, through Mr. Simpson, the M.S. of [Adam Bede,] up to what must be the end of the second volume. I wish it reached to the end of the third instead of the second, for the story is so closely knit together that it must lose by being read in fragments. But since I am behindhand, it is important to use every means of saving time, and it will be some saving if you will be so good as to read this portion at your earliest convenience.
Mr. Lewes tells me I shall lose a considerable advantage if the book does not appear in the Christmas season, and I shall work with the hope of being ready in time for that. I suppose the three volumes could be printed in six weeks, when the preliminaries were once arranged?
If you had not assured me that you retain a vivid recollection of the first part, I should have entreated you to re-read it, hard as that entreaty would be on you, for the early part of this new portion would suffer especially from a dim notion of what precedes.
I am always, my dear Sir
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
George Eliot.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, Richmond, 8 September 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/92720