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| Letter Reference | Edward Carpenter 359/42 |
| Archive | Sheffield Archives, Archives & Local Studies, Sheffield |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 4 September 1889 |
| Address From | St Leonards, East Sussex |
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| Who To | Edward Carpenter |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 156-7 |
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, 4 September 1889, Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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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 stayed in St Leonards for most of September 1889
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Dear Edward
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Isn’t the strike splendid? You ought to see the East End now. The
4: strange, earnest look on the people’s faces, that sort of wide-eyed
5: look. You look straight into their faces & their eyes look back at you;
6: they are possessed with a large idea. It’s very wonderful. I went
7: yesterday to the place where the Salvation Army are giving away tiny
8: packets of tea. About 500 men were there standing in rows waiting. The
9: curious, silent, elate atmosphere, the look in the face of the most
10: drunken old man was wonderful. I think I never felt so full of hope as
11: yesterday. But perhaps you are here seeing it.
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Yours, Olive
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