GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [April 1844]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [April 1844]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [April 1844]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1844-04
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [April 1844]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1844. Extract published: Cross, I, 127.
Foleshill Friday.
My dear Sara,
I am very glad to hear that you have so pleasant and I hope beneficial a plan in petto as that of going to Germany. 515 Go and get strong and come to us with brighter eyes and with a not less loving heart than ever. We were looking forward to the pleasure of having you at Coventry, but it will be something still better to know that you are enjoying new scenes and recruiting your health.
I had your cheerful letter to Mrs. Hennell 516 and shared the sunshine that is reflected from Hackney to Rosehill. Your colds are the only sorrows now, so you are bound to wage war against them. Can I have, by Mr. Bray the remaining volumes of Strauss, excepting any part that you may choose to keep for your own use? If you could also send me such parts of the introduction and first section as you wish me to look over, I should like to dispatch that business at intervals, when I am not inspired for more thorough labour. Thank you for the encouragement you sent me -- I only need it when my head is weak and I am unable to do much. Then I sicken at the idea of having Strauss in my head and on my hands for a lustrum, instead of saying good bye to him in a year. When I can work fast I am never weary, nor do I regret either that the work has been begun, or that I have undertaken it. 517 I am only inclined to vow that I will never translate again if I live to correct the sheets for Strauss. You will see his nice face and perhaps paint a likeness "aus dem Ged'e4chtnisse und den Phantasie" when you return.
Give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hennell and my congratulations on their having surmounted the trouble of removal. Your little sketch of the dining-room was very suggestive -- the sleeping figures admirable. Good bye, dear Sara. May you have much real enjoyment and come home to tell us all.
Your affectionate Friend
Mary Ann.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1844. Extract published: Cross, I, 127.
Foleshill Friday.
My dear Sara,
I am very glad to hear that you have so pleasant and I hope beneficial a plan in petto as that of going to Germany. 515 Go and get strong and come to us with brighter eyes and with a not less loving heart than ever. We were looking forward to the pleasure of having you at Coventry, but it will be something still better to know that you are enjoying new scenes and recruiting your health.
I had your cheerful letter to Mrs. Hennell 516 and shared the sunshine that is reflected from Hackney to Rosehill. Your colds are the only sorrows now, so you are bound to wage war against them. Can I have, by Mr. Bray the remaining volumes of Strauss, excepting any part that you may choose to keep for your own use? If you could also send me such parts of the introduction and first section as you wish me to look over, I should like to dispatch that business at intervals, when I am not inspired for more thorough labour. Thank you for the encouragement you sent me -- I only need it when my head is weak and I am unable to do much. Then I sicken at the idea of having Strauss in my head and on my hands for a lustrum, instead of saying good bye to him in a year. When I can work fast I am never weary, nor do I regret either that the work has been begun, or that I have undertaken it. 517 I am only inclined to vow that I will never translate again if I live to correct the sheets for Strauss. You will see his nice face and perhaps paint a likeness "aus dem Ged'e4chtnisse und den Phantasie" when you return.
Give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hennell and my congratulations on their having surmounted the trouble of removal. Your little sketch of the dining-room was very suggestive -- the sleeping figures admirable. Good bye, dear Sara. May you have much real enjoyment and come home to tell us all.
Your affectionate Friend
Mary Ann.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [April 1844], 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/93908