GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 6 February 1879
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 6 February 1879
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 6 February 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1879-02-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 6 February 1879
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Envelope: Madame Bodichon | 5 Blandford Square | N.W. Postmark: ST. JOHNS-WOOD | AX | FE 6 | 79 | N.W. Published: Cross, III, 348.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
February 6. 79.
Dearest Barbara
Bless you for your loving thought. But for all reasons, bodily and mental, I am unable to move. I am entirely occupied with his manuscripts and must be on this spot among all the books. 173 Then, I am in a very ailing condition of body -- cannot count on myself from day to day -- and am not fit to undertake any sort of journey. I have never yet been outside the gate. Even if I were otherwise able, I could not bear to go out of sight of the things he used and looked on.
Bless you once more. If I could go away with anybody I could go away with you.
Your ever loving and grateful
Marian.
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Envelope: Madame Bodichon | 5 Blandford Square | N.W. Postmark: ST. JOHNS-WOOD | AX | FE 6 | 79 | N.W. Published: Cross, III, 348.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
February 6. 79.
Dearest Barbara
Bless you for your loving thought. But for all reasons, bodily and mental, I am unable to move. I am entirely occupied with his manuscripts and must be on this spot among all the books. 173 Then, I am in a very ailing condition of body -- cannot count on myself from day to day -- and am not fit to undertake any sort of journey. I have never yet been outside the gate. Even if I were otherwise able, I could not bear to go out of sight of the things he used and looked on.
Bless you once more. If I could go away with anybody I could go away with you.
Your ever loving and grateful
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 6 February 1879, 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/93069