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Dickens, Charles.
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Description
- Autograph letter signed, to Lord Robertson
- ink on paper
introducing Hans Christian Andersen ("...You have read some charming books translated into English from the writings of Hans Christian Andersen? Here he is!..."), 1 page, 8vo, Broadstairs, Kent, 4 August 1847, with autograph envelope signed, faint spotting
Catalogue Note
A letter bringing together two of the greatest writers of their age. Andersen was astonished to find himself treated as a great literary celebrity on his first visit to Britain in the summer of 1847. He and Dickens had met on 16 July . He here introduces Andersen to a convivial figure in Edinburgh society, Lord Patrick Robertson (1794-1855), a prominent judge and minor poet.