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| Letter Reference | Maria Sharpe 840/5/3 |
| Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 13 October 1886 |
| Address From | 9 Blandford Square, Paddington, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Maria Sharpe m. Pearson (1890) |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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 has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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9 Blandford Sq
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3 Dear Miss Sharpe
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5 Will you send the enclosed to Miss E-. I’ve forgotten her address.
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7 I couldn’t answer your long interesting letter because I was so good
8for nothing. The answer I would like to give it would be to introduce
9you to Carpenter, then you would understand him, & I expect find that
10you & her he really sympathized a great deal. Your idea of undressed
11walls with pictures on them is also my ideal of the beautiful in a
12house. I am always picturing my ideal room & how I would furnish it!
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14 Visitors – no time for more
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16 OS
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18 I am always at home on Friday from 4 to 7 be so glad if you would come
19& see me then.
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3 Dear Miss Sharpe
4
5 Will you send the enclosed to Miss E-. I’ve forgotten her address.
6
7 I couldn’t answer your long interesting letter because I was so good
8for nothing. The answer I would like to give it would be to introduce
9you to Carpenter, then you would understand him, & I expect find that
10you & her he really sympathized a great deal. Your idea of undressed
11walls with pictures on them is also my ideal of the beautiful in a
12house. I am always picturing my ideal room & how I would furnish it!
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14 Visitors – no time for more
15
16 OS
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18 I am always at home on Friday from 4 to 7 be so glad if you would come
19& see me then.
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