(ff. 285, 318, 265). " ADAM BEDE." Three volumes. The dedication in vol. i. (f. 1) is, " To my dear husband, George Henry Lewes, I give this MS. of a work which would never have been written but for the happiness which his love has conferred on my life. Marian Lewes. March 23, 1859." Followed by a note on the composition of the book: " The first volume was written at Richmond, the second at Munich and Dresden, the third at Richmond again. The work was begun on the 22nd October, 1857, and fin...
TEN WORKS of " George Eliot," 1859-1879: being the holograph copy furnished to the printer by the author, Marian Evans, afterwards Mrs. J. W. Cross. In twenty-four volumes. Paper. Quarto and Octavo. Bequeathed by the author. All the volumes (with the exception of " Theophrastus Such," which was not published until after his death) were presented by her, on their return from the printer, to George Henry Lewes, as is witnessed by the dedicatory inscriptions, many of which have been printed by ...
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Marian Evans, alias 'George Eliot.': Works: 19th cent.: Autogr.