Item Info

Accession Number: 87-314
Physical Description: [3] pages and envelope
Transcription:

Folkestone, Kent
Sixth October 1855

My Dear Lady Gordon.
  I do not care to have mere translations for Household Words. They are in many respects objectionable for such a publication. But, a good account of a curious book, introducing translated passages from it - such a description of a book as may present it with the describer's originality and individuality, as well as its own - is a kind of article that I always like.
  I should think that the book you mention, would answer the purpose extremely well. - In answer to your uncle's bailiff, your slave replies a Guinea a page.
  I do remember that I once (in a former state of existence, it appears to me) solaced myself with the hope of coming to pass a day with you. But behold, I am on the margin of the deep - working at a new book - going up steep hills all the rest of the day - plunging into salt water at early hours of the morning - and generally living the life of an amiable fighting-man in training for his next match.
  Ever Faithfully Yours nevertheless
  Charles Dickens
Lady Gordon

MssDate: Sixth October 1855
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Recipient: Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady, 1821-1869
Provenance: Burpee 1961

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Seven, 1853-1855, p, Page 716.

Country: Creation Place Note:Folkestone
Country:England
City/Town/Township:Kent

Creation Year: 1855
Call Number: DL D873L 1855-10-06
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author