The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens by Dickens Charles; Hartley Jenny;

The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens by Dickens Charles; Hartley Jenny;

Author:Dickens, Charles; Hartley, Jenny;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Published: 2012-08-09T16:00:00+00:00


C.D.

1 The news of her elopement with Steerforth comes in ch. 31, which CD was about to start writing.

2 CD referred to it as his ‘favourite child’ in his 1869 preface.

3 Mary Boyle (1810–90†), writer. Distant cousin of Lavinia Watson; acted with CD’s amateur company and became friendly with him. He described her as ‘the very best actress I ever saw, off the stage—and immeasurably better than a great many I have seen on it’ (to Edward Bulwer Lytton, 3 Sept. ,1850).

4 To The Times, 13 and 17 Nov.

5 Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850†), Conservative prime minister 1834–5 and 1841–6.

6 Obviously Georgina.

7 Tavern.



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