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Dickens, Charles. To [addressee], [date of letter]. Charles Dickens Letters Project, ed. Leon Litvack, Emily Bell, Lydia Craig and Jeremy Parrott (London: Dickens Fellowship). [URL of individual letter], [date of access].

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1851-1860

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social engagements

France

To GABRIEL LEGOUVÉ,1 10 APRIL 1856

Text from reproduction in R. M. Smythe, Spring Autograph Auction, May 2002.

Champs Elysées, | Jeudi Avril 10, 1856

Mon cher Legouvé

Je suis désolé, mais comme le diable le veut, je suis engagé. Je le regrette extremement, je vous assure.

Mille amitiés | votre tout devoué

CHARLES DICKENS

1. Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé (1807-1903), playwright, poet and essayist: see Pilgrim Letters 8, p. 61n. CD admired Legouvé’s Médée, which he saw performed by Adelaide Ristori, 8 Apr 56 (To Legouvé, 9 Apr, Pilgrim Letters 8, p. 85).