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Dedication from George Eliot (Marian Lewes) to her partner, George Henry Lewes, in Vol I of "Adam Bede", 1859; followed by a note on the composition of the book. 'To my dear husband, George Henry Lewes, I give this M.S. [manuscript] of a work which would never have been written but for the happiness which his love has conferred on my life. Marian Lewes, March 23, 1859. The first volume was written at Richmond, the second at Munich & Dresden, the third at Richmond again. The work was begun on the 22nd October 1857, and finished on the 16th November 1858. A large portion of it was written twice, though often scarcely at all altered in the copying; but other parts only once, and among these the description of Dinah and a good deal of her sermon. The love scene between her & Seth, "Hetty's World", most of the scene in the Two Bedchambers, the talk between Arthur & Adam, various parts in the second volume which I can recal less easily, & in the third, Hetty's journeys, her confession & the cottage scenes'. Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, openly lived with Lewes, philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. Here she calls herself Marian Lewes although they weren't married. Such relationships flouted the conventions of the time.

Date

1859

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A16_005

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NA

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (1,6Mo) / 31,1cm x 40,3cm / 3673 x 4756 (300dpi)

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England library relationship arts country writing book British English text location Victorian century Britain handwriting literature dedication novel B&W British Library cohabitation lettering NAME names gender calligraphy Cohabiting 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Adam Bede novelist manuscript English literature Lawrence George Eliot Mary Ann Evans Marian Evans Mary Anne Evans Mary Ann Cross Marian Lewes George Henry Lewes Lewes Slingsby Lawrence Eliot George Evans Mary Anne Cross Mary Ann Pseudonym named Heritage Art 19th-century George Henry Slingsby nom de plume pen name G H (George Henry)