Ivan Turgenev to GE, Paris, 3 December 1878
Title
Ivan Turgenev to GE, Paris, 3 December 1878
Title
Ivan Turgenev to GE, Paris, 3 December 1878
Sender
Ivan Turgenev
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1878-12-03
Place
Paris
Letter Content
Ivan Turgenev to GE, Paris, 3 December 1878
MS: Balliol College, Oxford.
Rue de Douai, | Paris.
December 3d 1878.
My dear Mrs. Lewes,
An hour ago I received from your daughter 470 a letter telling me of the very dangerous illness of her father, and just now I read in the newspapers a telegramme relating the fatal termination of this illness! I don't dare to trouble the very deep grief you must feel; I only ask the permission to send you the expression of my heartfelt and sincere sympathy. May you find in your own great mind the necessary fortitude to sustain such a loss! All your friends, all learned Europe mourn with you. Believe me, my dear Mrs. Lewes
Yours very truly
Iv. Tourgueneff.
MS: Balliol College, Oxford.
Rue de Douai, | Paris.
December 3d 1878.
My dear Mrs. Lewes,
An hour ago I received from your daughter 470 a letter telling me of the very dangerous illness of her father, and just now I read in the newspapers a telegramme relating the fatal termination of this illness! I don't dare to trouble the very deep grief you must feel; I only ask the permission to send you the expression of my heartfelt and sincere sympathy. May you find in your own great mind the necessary fortitude to sustain such a loss! All your friends, all learned Europe mourn with you. Believe me, my dear Mrs. Lewes
Yours very truly
Iv. Tourgueneff.
Signature
Iv. Tourgueneff.
Citation
Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Turgenev to GE, Paris, 3 December 1878, 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/95147