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| Letter Reference | Letters/394 |
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| Epistolary Type | |
| Letter Date | 11 April 1890 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Havelock Ellis |
| Other Versions | Cronwright-Schreiner 1924: 182 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
When Cronwright-Schreiner prepared The Letters of Olive Schreiner, with few exceptions he then destroyed her originals. However, some people gave him copies and kept the originals or demanded the return of these; and when actual Schreiner letters can be compared with his versions, his have omissions, distortions and bowdlerisations. Where Schreiner originals have survived, these will be found in the relevant collections across the OSLO website. There is however a residue of some 587 items in The Letters for which no originals are extant. They are included here for sake of completeness. However, their relationship to Schreiners actual letters cannot now be gauged, and so they should be read with caution for the reasons given.
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1To Havelock Ellis.
2Matjesfontein, 11th April.
3
4It is late. I am sitting up in my little room waiting for the
5mail-train from Cape Town to come past. It will drop our post-bag at
6the station and perhaps there will be my English letters. It is a
7sharp cold night, such a wonderful heaven of African stars outside.
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2Matjesfontein, 11th April.
3
4It is late. I am sitting up in my little room waiting for the
5mail-train from Cape Town to come past. It will drop our post-bag at
6the station and perhaps there will be my English letters. It is a
7sharp cold night, such a wonderful heaven of African stars outside.
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