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| Letter Reference | Edward Carpenter 359/1 |
| Archive | Sheffield Archives, Archives & Local Studies, Sheffield |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 29 September 1886 |
| Address From | The Convent, Harrow, London |
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| Who To | Edward Carpenter |
| Other Versions | Rive 1897: 105 |
The manuscript of this letter by Olive Schreiner belongs to the Archive referenced above; its ownership of the original should be acknowledged by referencing the letter as indicated: Copyright transcription: © Olive Schreiner Letters Project. This transcription can be freely used as long as copyright is acknowledged and it is referenced using the following citation: ‘Olive Schreiner to Edward Carpenter, 29 September 1886, Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
Legend
The Project is grateful to the Sheffield Archives, Sheffield Libraries, Archives and Information Services, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Archive Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner lived in the Convent in Harrow from late May to the end of September 1896.
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Dear E.C.
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I’ve been ill for some time & your book has been more help & comfort
4: to me than ever before. I thought you’d like to know. There are
5: times when one doesn’t realize what a help one has been to others, &
6: feels sad, & then if ever you feel like that I’d like you to know
7: what a help you’ve been to me.
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I’m moving into town in a few days to see if I can’t get better
10: there & I’ll let you have my address when I’m settled so that if
11: you come I may perhaps see you.
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Olive Schreiner
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Notation
'Your book' refers to: Edward Carpenter (1885) Towards Democracy Manchester: John Heywood. Rive's (1987) version of this letter has been misdated.
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