GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 7 December 1860
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 7 December 1860
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 7 December 1860
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1860-12-07
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 7 December 1860
Text: Cross, II, 281-282.
The sight of sunshine usually brings you to my mind, because you are my latest association with the country; but I think of you much oftener than I see the sunshine, for the weather in London has been more uninterruptedly dismal than ever for the last fortnight. Nevertheless I am brighter; and since I believe your goodness will make that agreeable news to you, I write on purpose to tell it. Quinine and steel have at last made me brave and cheerful, and I really don't mind a journey up-stairs. If you had not repressed our hope of seeing you again until your sister's return, I should have asked you to join us for the Exeter Hall performance of the "Messiah" this evening, which I am looking forward to with delight. 671 The Monday Popular Concerts at St James's Hall are our easiest and cheapest pleasures. I go in my bonnet; we sit in the shilling places in the body of the hall, and hear to perfection for a shilling! 672 That is agreeable when one hears Beethoven's quartetts and sonatas. 673 Pray bear in mind that these things are to be had when you are more at liberty.
Text: Cross, II, 281-282.
The sight of sunshine usually brings you to my mind, because you are my latest association with the country; but I think of you much oftener than I see the sunshine, for the weather in London has been more uninterruptedly dismal than ever for the last fortnight. Nevertheless I am brighter; and since I believe your goodness will make that agreeable news to you, I write on purpose to tell it. Quinine and steel have at last made me brave and cheerful, and I really don't mind a journey up-stairs. If you had not repressed our hope of seeing you again until your sister's return, I should have asked you to join us for the Exeter Hall performance of the "Messiah" this evening, which I am looking forward to with delight. 671 The Monday Popular Concerts at St James's Hall are our easiest and cheapest pleasures. I go in my bonnet; we sit in the shilling places in the body of the hall, and hear to perfection for a shilling! 672 That is agreeable when one hears Beethoven's quartetts and sonatas. 673 Pray bear in mind that these things are to be had when you are more at liberty.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 7 December 1860, 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/93661