"All art should be an expression of the individual soul; views don't interest me" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Maria Sharpe 840/5/22 |
| Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | July 1889 |
| Address From | Ladies Chambers, Chenies Street, Camden, London |
| Address To | 1 Highbury Terrace, Islington, London |
| Who To | Maria Sharpe m. Pearson (1890) |
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| Legend |
The Project is grateful to University College London (UCL) and its Library Services for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of this postcard is provided by a partially legible postmark; the address it was sent to is on its front. Schreiner was resident in Chenies Street from early June to the end of August 1889.
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I shall keep your friend in mind if ever I should meet her, but life
2is very short & one has so much to do. You understand I think? One
3feels drawn to earth sometimes by the multitude of people & letters
4one would like to spend one’s life over. I, too, don’t feel so
5much I want to teach as to listen. I will read with deep interest when
6I go to my library on Sunday the article in the Westminster.
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8 Olive Schreiner
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2is very short & one has so much to do. You understand I think? One
3feels drawn to earth sometimes by the multitude of people & letters
4one would like to spend one’s life over. I, too, don’t feel so
5much I want to teach as to listen. I will read with deep interest when
6I go to my library on Sunday the article in the Westminster.
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8 Olive Schreiner
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