GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Broadstairs, [4 July 1852]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Broadstairs, [4 July 1852]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Broadstairs, [4 July 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1852-07-04
Place
Broadstairs
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Broadstairs, [4 July 1852]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: July 4. 1852. Mostly published: Cross, 1, 285.
Chandos Cottage | Broadstairs.
Dear Cara
I warn you against Ramsgate which is a strip of London come out for an airing. Broadstairs is perfect, and I have the snuggest little lodgings conceivable with a motherly good woman and a nice little damsel of 14 to wait on me. There are only my two rooms in this cottage, but lodgings are plentiful in the place. Miss Field was once in these same lodgings and wanted to come here now, but that her medical man prescribed Ramsgate. I have a sitting-room about 8 feet by 9 and a bedroom a little larger, yet in that small space there is almost every comfort. Miss Field called last night with her brother, 138 but unfortunately I was out and so missed her. I pay a guinea a week for my rooms, so I shall not ruin myself by staying a month unless I commit excesses in coffee and sugar.
I am thinking whether it would not be wise to retire from the world and live here for the rest of my days. With some fresh paper on the walls and an easy chair I think I could resign myself. Come and tell me your opinion.
Your affectionate
Marian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: July 4. 1852. Mostly published: Cross, 1, 285.
Chandos Cottage | Broadstairs.
Dear Cara
I warn you against Ramsgate which is a strip of London come out for an airing. Broadstairs is perfect, and I have the snuggest little lodgings conceivable with a motherly good woman and a nice little damsel of 14 to wait on me. There are only my two rooms in this cottage, but lodgings are plentiful in the place. Miss Field was once in these same lodgings and wanted to come here now, but that her medical man prescribed Ramsgate. I have a sitting-room about 8 feet by 9 and a bedroom a little larger, yet in that small space there is almost every comfort. Miss Field called last night with her brother, 138 but unfortunately I was out and so missed her. I pay a guinea a week for my rooms, so I shall not ruin myself by staying a month unless I commit excesses in coffee and sugar.
I am thinking whether it would not be wise to retire from the world and live here for the rest of my days. With some fresh paper on the walls and an easy chair I think I could resign myself. Come and tell me your opinion.
Your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Broadstairs, [4 July 1852], 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/93232