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DICKENS (CHARLES)
Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"), to Captain [Frederic] Brine, thanking him for his kind and hospitable letter ("...Unfortunately, the fatigues of my hurried tour are so great, and its work so hard, that I find all social pleasures to be incompatible with them, and am forced to forego all engagements and invitations..."), Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 20 August 1858

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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DICKENS (CHARLES)

Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"), to Captain [Frederic] Brine, thanking him for his kind and hospitable letter ("...Unfortunately, the fatigues of my hurried tour are so great, and its work so hard, that I find all social pleasures to be incompatible with them, and am forced to forego all engagements and invitations..."), assuring him nevertheless that he is "not the less sensible for your cordial remembrance" for which he renders hearty thanks, 2 pages, in blue ink, contemporary docket, some light dust-staining, 8vo, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 20 August 1858

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'THE FATIGUES OF MY HURRIED TOUR' – Dickens during the first season of professional reading tours, begun that spring in London. He appeared at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool for four nights between 18 and 21 August, on the twentieth giving his recitation of 'The Poor Traveller', 'The Boots at the Hollytree Inn' and 'Mrs Gamp'; the success of which prompted him to write to Forster that night: 'They turned away hundreds, sold all the books, rolled on the ground of my room knee-deep in cheques and made a perfect pantomime of the whole thing'.

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