"Ellis wants sex love, OS can't give it" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Edward Carpenter 359/56 |
| Archive | Sheffield Archives, Archives & Local Studies, Sheffield |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | After Start: October 1889 ; Before End: March 1890 |
| Address From | Mount Vernon, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Edward Carpenter |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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. On returning to South Africa in October 1889, Schreiner stayed mainly in the Mount Vernon house belonging to her brother Will and his wife Fan until she removed to Matjesfontein in March 1890, with some short visits elsewhere.
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Mount Vernon
2 Cape Town
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4 Dear Edward
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6 I’ve written to you, but I can’t find the letter now.
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8 Write to me please sometimes. I’ve said so much in that other letter
9told you how the sunshines & all that, I can’t tell it again. I am
10sending you some photographs.
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12 Good bye
13 Olive
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15 You know I’ve been ill all the while or I would have written last
16week, because I want to hear from you.
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2 Cape Town
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4 Dear Edward
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6 I’ve written to you, but I can’t find the letter now.
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8 Write to me please sometimes. I’ve said so much in that other letter
9told you how the sunshines & all that, I can’t tell it again. I am
10sending you some photographs.
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12 Good bye
13 Olive
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15 You know I’ve been ill all the while or I would have written last
16week, because I want to hear from you.
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