GHL to John Blackwood, London, 18 April 1866
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, London, 18 April 1866
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, London, 18 April 1866
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1866-04-18
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to John Blackwood, London, 18 April 1866
MS: National Library of Scotland.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
8 April 1866.
My dear Blackwood
Mrs. Lewes is finishing the novel which has been so long delayed by the state of her health, and will in all probability be ready to publish it by the end of May. She wishes it to appear all at once, and the printing to be so far advanced that the last sheets may be set up as soon as written. It is therefore necessary that the question of publication should be settled forthwith, and she would not like to make any arrangement until she had heard your views on the matter, if you are disposed to make her an offer for the entire right for 5 years; without your seeing the m.s. which would involve too much delay.
It is a novel of English Provincial Life just after the passing of the Reform Bill in '32. I need not say that the political tone is as dramatic and impartial as her tone has been in all her writings, and that the fact of the story moving amid political scenes which form its background will only render it more interesting to all parties.
Let me hear from you as soon as you conveniently can and believe me
Yours very truly
G. H. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
8 April 1866.
My dear Blackwood
Mrs. Lewes is finishing the novel which has been so long delayed by the state of her health, and will in all probability be ready to publish it by the end of May. She wishes it to appear all at once, and the printing to be so far advanced that the last sheets may be set up as soon as written. It is therefore necessary that the question of publication should be settled forthwith, and she would not like to make any arrangement until she had heard your views on the matter, if you are disposed to make her an offer for the entire right for 5 years; without your seeing the m.s. which would involve too much delay.
It is a novel of English Provincial Life just after the passing of the Reform Bill in '32. I need not say that the political tone is as dramatic and impartial as her tone has been in all her writings, and that the fact of the story moving amid political scenes which form its background will only render it more interesting to all parties.
Let me hear from you as soon as you conveniently can and believe me
Yours very truly
G. H. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Blackwood, London, 18 April 1866, 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/94680