GHL to 'e9Mile Mont'e9gut, Wandsworth, 1 December 1859
Title
GHL to 'e9Mile Mont'e9gut, Wandsworth, 1 December 1859
Title
GHL to 'e9Mile Mont'e9gut, Wandsworth, 1 December 1859
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
'e9Mile Mont'e9gut
Date(s)
- 1859-12-01
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GHL to 'e9Mile Mont'e9gut, Wandsworth, 1 December 1859
Text: Revue de litt'e9rature compar'e9e, 49 (September 1975), 77.
Holly Lodge, Southfields
Wandsworth, Surrey, 1 December 1859.
My dear Sir
Knowing your admiration of "Adam Bede" -- on which you wrote so exquisite an article -- I am tempted to renew our long interrupted correspondence, to ask you if among your literary acquaintances you know of any one who would be competent to translate it properly, and willing to undertake the task. George Eliot is Mrs. Lewes -- so you see I have an interest in the matter. We have already had several applications but it is of consequence to get a good translator, and I think you would be very likely to know of one. A work which has had greater success than Bulwer or Thackeray have ever achieved, and which in less than nine months has sold 10,000 copies, must surely be a good commercial speculation for a French publisher; and if a good translator could be found we are willing to sell the right of translation for 1,000 francs.
I have not seen Carlyle since he [left for] Scotland; but Pigott [we had] with us the other day and we talked of you and the Revue des Deux Mondes. I suppose you know he has sold the "Leader," -- is now one of the editors of the "Daily News."
When fate brings me to Paris, I shall hope to [see you]. If you [come to] London, [don't] forget me.
Ever faithfully yours
G. H. Lewes.
Text: Revue de litt'e9rature compar'e9e, 49 (September 1975), 77.
Holly Lodge, Southfields
Wandsworth, Surrey, 1 December 1859.
My dear Sir
Knowing your admiration of "Adam Bede" -- on which you wrote so exquisite an article -- I am tempted to renew our long interrupted correspondence, to ask you if among your literary acquaintances you know of any one who would be competent to translate it properly, and willing to undertake the task. George Eliot is Mrs. Lewes -- so you see I have an interest in the matter. We have already had several applications but it is of consequence to get a good translator, and I think you would be very likely to know of one. A work which has had greater success than Bulwer or Thackeray have ever achieved, and which in less than nine months has sold 10,000 copies, must surely be a good commercial speculation for a French publisher; and if a good translator could be found we are willing to sell the right of translation for 1,000 francs.
I have not seen Carlyle since he [left for] Scotland; but Pigott [we had] with us the other day and we talked of you and the Revue des Deux Mondes. I suppose you know he has sold the "Leader," -- is now one of the editors of the "Daily News."
When fate brings me to Paris, I shall hope to [see you]. If you [come to] London, [don't] forget me.
Ever faithfully yours
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to 'e9Mile Mont'e9gut, Wandsworth, 1 December 1859, 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/94349