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“I get some work done every day with a devil of a heave”

Posted on July 1, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1957.] To W.E. Henley [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 31-32] Saranac [c. 5 December 1887] My dear lad, I … Continue reading →

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“The month it is the drear October by the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir”

Posted on March 11, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1890.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp- 22-24] [Saranac Lake, 6 October 1887] I know not the day; but the month it is the drear October … Continue reading →

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My letters should contain appropriate sentiments and humorous nonsense, or nonsense without the humour

Posted on January 28, 2017 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1509.] To his parents [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 306-307] [Skerryvore, Bournemouth] January 1st, 1886 My dear people, Many … Continue reading →

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We should all hurry up and praise the living

Posted on June 15, 2015 by mafalda

RLS’s London friend, Edmund Gosse, married Ellen (Nellie) Epps (1850-1929), daughter of George Napoleon Epps, a homeopathic doctor, in 1875. She had sent RLS a miniature Bible illustrated with rude cuts, picked up at an outdoor stall. [For correct and … Continue reading →

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I wonder why my stories are always so nasty

Posted on May 29, 2014 by mafalda

On a railway journey through England and Wales with his parents, RLS arrives at Barmouth, and stays at the Cors y Gedol Arms Hotel. The Portfolio paper here mentioned is that entitled On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places. The essay … Continue reading →

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