"Her writing a religion" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | HRC/CAT/OS/3a-viii |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday 17 November 1884 |
| Address From | 144 Marina, St Leonards, East Sussex |
| Address To | 24 Thornsett Road, South Penge Park, London |
| Who To | Havelock Ellis |
| Other Versions | Draznin 1992: 219 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter has been dated by reference to an associated envelope and its postmark, which also provides the address it was sent to.
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1144 Marina
2Monday night
3
4Chest bad, been lying down all day. Pain under shoulder gets worse.
5Haven’t written one line for eleven days now.
6
7You must work for your little sister’s part
8
9Olive
10
11My brother Will has been elected to a fellowship at Cambridge.
12
13Olive
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15Thank you for the plays and MS. Don’t order any more more plays for
16me from the
17
18^Library if you haven’t been yet.^
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20^I only care for philosophy & social questions & poetry now.^
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22I want to say good night to you again. I wish you would send me a
23little bit of your hair to keep me company.
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2Monday night
3
4Chest bad, been lying down all day. Pain under shoulder gets worse.
5Haven’t written one line for eleven days now.
6
7You must work for your little sister’s part
8
9Olive
10
11My brother Will has been elected to a fellowship at Cambridge.
12
13Olive
14
15Thank you for the plays and MS. Don’t order any more more plays for
16me from the
17
18^Library if you haven’t been yet.^
19
20^I only care for philosophy & social questions & poetry now.^
21
22I want to say good night to you again. I wish you would send me a
23little bit of your hair to keep me company.
24
Notation
The 'MS.' which Ellis sent cannot be established. Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.
The 'MS.' which Ellis sent cannot be established. Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.