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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the publisher Thomas Longman, 1 page 8vo, Devonshire Terrace, 14 February 1844. A very attractive early letter with the elaborate paraph beneath the signature.
'If Wednesday next, will suit you, we shall be happy to dine with you on that day in compliance with your pleasant Invitation. In say "We", I answer for the Trio.'
Thomas Longman (1804-79) had succeeded his father as head of the family publishing firm in 1842. For the present letter see The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Vol. 12, page 589. The reference to 'the Trio' is there assumed to infer Dickens himself and his close friends [John] Forster and [Daniel] Maclise.
[No: 20653]

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