CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70)

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CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70)
Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens") to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages, 8°, integral blank leaves, Knotsford Lodge, Great Malvern, 20 March 1851.
Opening "I am doomed not to go there with you, this season," explaining that he is with Mrs. Dickens who has been very unwell, and he cannot attend a dinner in London on Saturday as he must work, recalling his reputation among friends "for perfect punctuality and reliability," and describing himself as feeling "like some other individual, when I find myself putting off what I am bound to, both of engagement and anticipation. But I should as soon have that of being in Egypt just now as here."
Recipient's name excised but neatly repaired on verso.
With another autograph letter, written in the third person, to Mr. Sherman, one page, 8°, Devonshire Terrace, 11 April 1846, regretting that he cannot accept an invitation in connection with the new asylum for infant orphans.
Integral blank leaf cut away. (2)

拍品专文

In March 1851 Dickens, much preoccupied with the illness of his father and also the arrangements for a theatrical performance to be given before the Queen in the spring, was obliged to accompany Catherine Dickens to Malvern for her to take Dr. Manby Gully's cold water cure. The exasperated tone of the first letter suggests his growing estrangement from her. The occasion referred to in the second letter was the second anniversary dinner for the asylum at Stamford Hill for orphans under eight.