George Eliot Papers, 1854-1880.

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George Eliot Papers, 1854-1880.

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Galley proofs, page proofs, or printed copies for ten of Eliot's books, all with the author's handwritten corrections, make up the bulk of this collection. The proof copies are in various states of arrangement, including print copies corrected by the author for subsequent editions, cheap copies consisting of proof copies of the novels gathered loosely in brown paper covers, and unbound works with the largest composed of 4000 loose sheets. The Letters series is composed of two loose letters and a bound volume of letters from Eliot to American writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. In addition to the letters, the volume includes engraved portraits of Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Herbert Spencer, and Eliot herself. The letters are variously signed "M. E. Lewes" and "M. A. Cross," demonstrating even within such a small collection the multiple ways in which Eliot referred to herself on paper.

11 boxes (4.38 linear feet).

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Macmillan press

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Blackwood Press

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Founded in 1956 by Edmund Simpson, M.D., of Placervile, California. From the description of Blackwood Press collection, 1968-1984. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 506020223 ...

Eliot, George, 1819-1880

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Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, George Eliot was the daughter of a land agent who managed estates in the rural midlands, a formative experience that gave her an insight into country society that later greatly influenced and enriched her first works of fiction. At different times of her life, she also spelled her name as Mary Anne, Marian, and Marianne, adopting the pen-name of Eliot only after her first work of fiction was published in 1857. Eliot was brought up in a narrow...

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911

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American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston Highlands, to Mr. Ward, 1872 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659301 American author, Mary Grey Phelps, used her mother's name for her pseudonym. After her marriage in 1888 to Herbert Dickinson Ward, she occasionally used his surname in her publications. Charles Addison Richardson was the managing editor of the Congregationalist for 40 years. From the description of [Letter] 1869 ...