GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 27 January 1865
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 27 January 1865
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 27 January 1865
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1865-01-27
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve London, 27 January 1865
Text: Cross, II, 395-396.
Are we not happy to have reached home on Wednesday, 310 before this real winter came? We enjoyed our visit to Paris greatly, in spite of bad weather, going to the theatre or opera nearly every night, and seeing sights all day long. I think the most interesting sight we saw was Comte's dwelling. 311 Such places, that knew the great dead, always move me deeply; and I had an unexpected sight of interest in the photograph taken at the very last. M. Thomas was very friendly, and pleasant to talk to because of his simple manners. We gave your remembrances to him, and promised to assure you of his pleasure in hearing of you. I wish some truer representation of Mr Congreve hung up in the Salon instead of that (to me) exasperating photograph. We thought the apartment very freundlich, and I flattered myself that I could have written better in the little study there than in my own. Such self-flattery is usually the most amiable phase of discontent with one's own inferiority. I am really stronger for the change.
Text: Cross, II, 395-396.
Are we not happy to have reached home on Wednesday, 310 before this real winter came? We enjoyed our visit to Paris greatly, in spite of bad weather, going to the theatre or opera nearly every night, and seeing sights all day long. I think the most interesting sight we saw was Comte's dwelling. 311 Such places, that knew the great dead, always move me deeply; and I had an unexpected sight of interest in the photograph taken at the very last. M. Thomas was very friendly, and pleasant to talk to because of his simple manners. We gave your remembrances to him, and promised to assure you of his pleasure in hearing of you. I wish some truer representation of Mr Congreve hung up in the Salon instead of that (to me) exasperating photograph. We thought the apartment very freundlich, and I flattered myself that I could have written better in the little study there than in my own. Such self-flattery is usually the most amiable phase of discontent with one's own inferiority. I am really stronger for the change.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 27 January 1865, 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/93645