GHL to Wathen Mark Wilks Call, [London], 18 December 1862
Title
GHL to Wathen Mark Wilks Call, [London], 18 December 1862
Title
GHL to Wathen Mark Wilks Call, [London], 18 December 1862
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Wathen Mark Wilks Call
Date(s)
- 1862-12-18
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Wathen Mark Wilks Call, [London], 18 December 1862
Text: "George Eliot: Her Life and Writings," Westminster Review, 60 (July 1881), 176.
Marian lives entirely in the fifteenth century, and is much cheered every now and then by hearing indirectly how her book is appreciated by the higher class of minds, and some of the highest; though it is not, and cannot be, popular. In Florence we hear they are wild with delight and surprise at such a work being executed by a foreigner, as if an Italian had ever done anything of the kind. 593
Text: "George Eliot: Her Life and Writings," Westminster Review, 60 (July 1881), 176.
Marian lives entirely in the fifteenth century, and is much cheered every now and then by hearing indirectly how her book is appreciated by the higher class of minds, and some of the highest; though it is not, and cannot be, popular. In Florence we hear they are wild with delight and surprise at such a work being executed by a foreigner, as if an Italian had ever done anything of the kind. 593
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Wathen Mark Wilks Call, [London], 18 December 1862, 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/95052