Item Info

Accession Number: 87-1676
Physical Description: [1] page
Transcription:

                       Rosemont, Lauanne.  Twenty Fifth September 1846.
My Dear Talfourd.
    Having received your letter today, with the greatest pleasure, I write a hasty note by return of Post, to say that I eschew all Scientific doings at Genoa (albeit they take place in my old house) and remain a fixture here, until November. Therefore, "on Saturday the 3rd. of October, between 4 and 5 in the afternoon", we shall expect you here: and your wants being so moderate, in respect of beds, I am happy to say we shall be able to house you all. We are on the Ouchy Road, a very little way out of Lausanne.
    I am horribly hard at work with my Christmas Book, which runs (rather inconveniently) in a Curricle just now, with "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son" - for that's the name of the other; in the beginning whereof, I have pleased myself, and hope to please you. Your advent will be a most noble holiday for me; and please God we will take a glorious walk on the Sunday.
   Mrs. Dickens and her sister join me in kindest regards. In case this letter should not reach you at Chamounix, I have dispatched a duplicate of it to the Poste Restante, Geneva.
                                                     Ever Believe me
                                                                  Most affectionately Yours
                                                                                Charles Dickens 

MssDate: Twenty Fifth September 1846.
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Removed from album, Spring 1989.

Recipient: Talfourd, Thomas Noon, Sir, 1795-1854
Provenance: Hamill & Barker 5/55, Matlack

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Four, 1844-1846, p. 624.

Country: Creation Place Note:Rosemont
Country:Switzerland
City/Town/Township:Lausanne

Call Number: DL T143 1846-09-25
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author