HAVING JUST STARTED WRITING ‘LITTLE DORRIT’, CHARLES DICKENS PENS A LETTER FROM THE BEACH RESORT TOWN OF FOLKSTONE TO AUTHOR AND MOUNTAINEER, ALBERT SMITH, FAMOUS FOR HIS ASSENT OF MOUNT BLANC  

DICKENS, CHARLES. (1812-1870). Beloved English novelist. Choice, and apparently unpublished Autograph Letter Signed, “Charles Dickens”. One full page, octavo.  “3 Albion Villas, Folkstone, Wednesday August 1855”.   To “Albert Smith”.  Handsomely matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Dickens in a simple black wood frame, measuring approximately 11 x 13 inches.   Dickens writes:

“Chamoni [sp?] shall have my sovereign willingly, — and you shall come down here to ‘collect it’, whenever you feel disposed for a quiet Sunday’s rest.  Write and tell me so.  Have been away for a few days or would have answered your note sooner.  Faithfully yours always, Charles Dickens”.

Charles Dickens rented ‘3 Alblion Villas’ during the summer months (1855-1857) and wrote part of “Little Dorrit’ there. This letter does not appear in “The Charles Dickens Letters Project”, and thus is apparently unpublished.

ALBERT RICHARD SMITH.  (1816 –  1860) English author, entertainer, and mountaineer; In August 1851 he ascended Mont Blanc; a year later published a book about his adventures, ‘The Story of Mont Blanc’, and produced at the Egyptian Hall, a show called “Mont Blanc”, describing the ascent of the mountain, which became the most popular exhibition of the kind ever known.

Just a choice piece for the Dickens collector, beginner or advanced!

 

$3,250.00