GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, February 1842]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, February 1842]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, February 1842]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1842-02
Place
Foleshill
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, February 1842]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1843. Published: Cross, I, 107.
My dearest Friend,
A heart-full of love and gratitude to you for all your kindness in thought and act to me, undeserving. I dare say my manner belies my feelings, but friendship must live by faith and not by right, and I shall be a great gainer by leaving you to interpret my mystic characters without any other key than your own goodness. In haste
Your affectionate
Mary Ann.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1843. Published: Cross, I, 107.
My dearest Friend,
A heart-full of love and gratitude to you for all your kindness in thought and act to me, undeserving. I dare say my manner belies my feelings, but friendship must live by faith and not by right, and I shall be a great gainer by leaving you to interpret my mystic characters without any other key than your own goodness. In haste
Your affectionate
Mary Ann.
Signature
Mary Ann.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, February 1842], 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/93209