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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: John & Mary Brown MSC 26/2.2.3 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 11 April 1887 |
| Address From | Alassio, Italy |
| Address To | 66 Bank Parade, Burnley, Lancashire |
| Who To | Mary Brown nee Solomon |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 125-6 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of its Special Collections. The date is provided by the hotel stamp on this postcard and the address it was sent to and the addressee are on its front. Schreiner stayed in a number of hotels in Alassio in March, April and early May 1887.
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I'm sending you a pamphlet on 'Sex & Socialism" by Professor Pearson.
2Tell me what you think of it? It's so beautiful & rest-ful here. My
3nightmare is that I wake up with a start in the night & fancy I'm in
4England & then I remember I'm here with the beautiful sunshine & the
5quiet. It seems as if I were drinking in rest & quiet here, as a
6person dying of hunger would drink in nurishment Have you ever felt
7like that.
8
9 Olive
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2Tell me what you think of it? It's so beautiful & rest-ful here. My
3nightmare is that I wake up with a start in the night & fancy I'm in
4England & then I remember I'm here with the beautiful sunshine & the
5quiet. It seems as if I were drinking in rest & quiet here, as a
6person dying of hunger would drink in nurishment Have you ever felt
7like that.
8
9 Olive
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Notation
The pamphlet referred to is: Karl Pearson (1887) Socialism and Sex London: W. Rives. Rive's (1987) version of this postcard is in a number of respects incorrect.
The pamphlet referred to is: Karl Pearson (1887) Socialism and Sex London: W. Rives. Rive's (1987) version of this postcard is in a number of respects incorrect.