Letters to Elma Stuart, 1872-1880; edited by Roland Stuart

George Eliot, Roland Stuart

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T.. FROMLETTER ELIOTGEORGE TO STUARTAC M LETTERS FROM GEORGE ELIOT TO ELMA STUART 1 LETTERS FROM GEORGE ELIOT TO ELMA STUART 1872-1880 EDITED BY ROLAND STUART LONDON & LTD.SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, CO., 1909 PR, INTRODUCTION ELMA STUART was the youngest daughter of William James Eraser of hisLadhope by wife Anne of andMay Gumming Logic, was born about 1837. I have often heard mother it wasmy say the misfortune of their lives that their father died while she and her brother and sisters were still from allquite young: ofaccounts he was a man fine character, devoted to his and absorbed in theirchildren, welfare. Soon after her husband's death his widow married and the childrenagain, were allowed to much asgrow up they who was of anmother,pleased. My affectionate and was notloving disposition, and her child-understood herby parents, a one.hood was far from being happy vii viii GEORGE ELIOT LETTERS In the 1860 mother married anyear my officer in the Black and fatherWatch, my she was left with aafter,dying shortly small on which to live and educatepittance her son. Hitherto had had butmothermy little in her and will there-itlife,happiness fore be the more understood, when,readily in lovelater she met with the tenderyears and whichdeep understanding sympathy she found in Eliot and herGeorge writings, how the stream of her affectionlong pent-up overflowed its all before itbanks, carrying " to the feet of her Mother.

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• Stuart

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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