GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [4 April 1847]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [4 April 1847]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [4 April 1847]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1847-04-04
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [4 April 1847]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 2/47. Hitherto unpublished.
Dear Sara,
I have had a violent letterophobia for the last month or two. That is a sufficient [reason] for not writing to friends, at least for a wretch with no moral region to make her do what is irksome to the flesh.
You will come to me in London, 659 will you not? If not, I must positively go to you, I being a Mahomet made up of guile and madness, and you a sturdy resolute mountain. I have begged Mr. Bray to get a knowledge of your wish on this subject.
Love to Mrs. Hennell, kind regards to Harriet and the cat. 660
Thy
Pollian.
Foleshill Sunday.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 2/47. Hitherto unpublished.
Dear Sara,
I have had a violent letterophobia for the last month or two. That is a sufficient [reason] for not writing to friends, at least for a wretch with no moral region to make her do what is irksome to the flesh.
You will come to me in London, 659 will you not? If not, I must positively go to you, I being a Mahomet made up of guile and madness, and you a sturdy resolute mountain. I have begged Mr. Bray to get a knowledge of your wish on this subject.
Love to Mrs. Hennell, kind regards to Harriet and the cat. 660
Thy
Pollian.
Foleshill Sunday.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [4 April 1847], 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/93906