- Brief description
- Letter from Wilkie Collins to Eliza Forster, 28 December 1870
- Label
- Both Wilkie and Forster were close friends of Dickens, although Forster was evidently jealous of Wilkie's closeness with Dickens. Nonetheless it seems the two men kept in touch after Dickens's death in June 1870, as Wilkie accepts the invitation of Forster's wife Eliza to attend a party in January 1871. Forster would minimise Wilkie's presence in his biography of Dickens, and Wilkie would criticise the biography as "The Life of John Forster, with notices of Dickens".
- Collection
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Object number
- B200
- Object type
- letter
- Production person
- Collins, William Wilkie
- Production date
- 28/12/1870
- Inscription content
- 90 Gloucester Place
Portman Square. W.
My dear Mrs Forster,
Thank you for your kind note. I shall be delighted to make one among your guests at the pleasant little party on Tuesday next, the 3rd January.
With best regards and good wishes,
Believe me
yours [illegible]
Wilkie Collins
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