Autograph letter signed with initials : Avignon, to Lady Noel Byron, 1846 Oct. 7 and 9.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Avignon, to Lady Noel Byron, 1846 Oct. 7 and 9.

Discussing Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poor health and her difficulties in traveling; praising Barrett Browning's patience and "unselfish sweetness"; noting that the Brownings' "graceful propriety" is serving as a good example for her niece Gerardine; describing Avignon and mentioning that it does not match [Charles] Dickens' account of it; expressing her belief that in Dickens' description "some ... things are so exaggerated or at least are seen under so peculiar an aspect as to make [her] distrust him as a describer"; telling Lady Byron that she misses her; commenting on the famine in Ireland.

1 item (6 p., with address) ; 20.4 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7919660

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