GE to Joseph Munt Langford, Wandsworth, 6 October 1859
Title
GE to Joseph Munt Langford, Wandsworth, 6 October 1859
Title
GE to Joseph Munt Langford, Wandsworth, 6 October 1859
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Joseph Munt Langford
Date(s)
- 1859-10-06
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Joseph Munt Langford, Wandsworth, 6 October 1859
MS: Mrs. Dorothy Hicks. Hitherto unpublished.
Holly Lodge, South Fields | Wandsworth | October 6. 59.
My dear Sir
Some time ago, in a letter to Mr. Lewes, you spoke of certain hard-headed lawyers who were impressed by "Adam Bede."
Now a "hard-headed lawyer" is precisely the personage I am most in need of -- to consult about the affairs of my heroes and heroines (and a little also about my own). I would willingly pay a fee for the sake of avoiding legal blunders in my novels, and I have just now a question which I cannot solve to my satisfaction with the books at my command.
Is it quite an irrational supposition, that among the hard-headed admirers you alluded to, there may be one to whom you could mention my want, and who would not be too much disgusted by the painful certainty that the author of "Adam Bede" is a woman, to be willing to be consulted by her?
You would oblige me very much if you would turn this matter over in your mind, and let me know if you can help me in it.
Yours very truly
Marian Evans Lewes.
Joseph Langford Esq.
MS: Mrs. Dorothy Hicks. Hitherto unpublished.
Holly Lodge, South Fields | Wandsworth | October 6. 59.
My dear Sir
Some time ago, in a letter to Mr. Lewes, you spoke of certain hard-headed lawyers who were impressed by "Adam Bede."
Now a "hard-headed lawyer" is precisely the personage I am most in need of -- to consult about the affairs of my heroes and heroines (and a little also about my own). I would willingly pay a fee for the sake of avoiding legal blunders in my novels, and I have just now a question which I cannot solve to my satisfaction with the books at my command.
Is it quite an irrational supposition, that among the hard-headed admirers you alluded to, there may be one to whom you could mention my want, and who would not be too much disgusted by the painful certainty that the author of "Adam Bede" is a woman, to be willing to be consulted by her?
You would oblige me very much if you would turn this matter over in your mind, and let me know if you can help me in it.
Yours very truly
Marian Evans Lewes.
Joseph Langford Esq.
Signature
Marian Evans Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Joseph Munt Langford, Wandsworth, 6 October 1859, 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/92852