George Eliot letters and portrait, 1867-1881.

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George Eliot letters and portrait, 1867-1881.

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The collection contains three letters from George Eliot, two from George Henry Lewes, one from John Walter Cross, and one portrait of Eliot. Eliot writes to Dr. Emil Lehmann, 6 November 1867, about his German translation of her book, Felix Holt; to Elizabeth Lehmann Benzon, 9 April 1874, about Lehmann's translation of Middlemarch; to Lehmann, 20 February [1875?], about selecting a translator for her new book, Daniel Deronda. George Henry Lewes writes to Lehmann, 12 January 1876, quoting a fee for translating Eliot's book, Daniel Deronda; and to Lehmann, 27 January 1876, mentioning several people who are interested in translating Daniel Deronda. John Walter Cross writes to Lehmann, 26 February 1881, rebuffing his overtures to translate Eliot's last work. Also, contains one cabinet card photograph of Eliot.

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Lewes, George Henry, 1817-1878

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Epithet: author; of Add MS 37193 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x000125 English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to the Reverend M.D. Conway, 186? Friday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590727 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alexander Main, 1871 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590731 From the de...

Benzon, Elizabeth Lehmann,

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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...

Cross, J. W. (John Walter), 1840-1924

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Lehmann, Emil, 1829-1898

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