"Thrown away 10 years of my life to prevent inevitable" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Mary Gladstone (Mrs Drew) Add. 46244, ff.164-165 |
| Archive | British Library, Department of Manuscripts, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday May 1888 |
| Address From | Alassio, Italy |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Drew nee Gladstone (m. 1886) |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the British Library for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of the letter as 'before May 1888' has been written on in an unknown hand.
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Alassio
2 Italy
3 Sunday
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5 Dear Mrs Drew
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7 You asked me if I had read Robert Elsmere. I have this moment finished
8reading it. It is real & the writer never fails to be an artist at any
9moment. One is very proud & joyful over such work from a woman. The
10spirit is noble & truth loving. Every word she wrote because she had
11to. Don't trouble to reply to this.
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13 Olive Schreiner
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2 Italy
3 Sunday
4
5 Dear Mrs Drew
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7 You asked me if I had read Robert Elsmere. I have this moment finished
8reading it. It is real & the writer never fails to be an artist at any
9moment. One is very proud & joyful over such work from a woman. The
10spirit is noble & truth loving. Every word she wrote because she had
11to. Don't trouble to reply to this.
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13 Olive Schreiner
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Notation
The book referred to is: Mrs Humphrey Ward (1888) Robert Elsmere Leipzig: n.p.
The book referred to is: Mrs Humphrey Ward (1888) Robert Elsmere Leipzig: n.p.