| Still there are many advantages here & Siehe
Marx an L. Marx,
28.8.1866
und Erl.
Schließen the
drawbacks are such as I expected, being inseparable from a
school.
The windows in the parlour are generally hermetically closed & our bedroom
window which overlooks a piece of mountain-land has a blind which resists all
attempts to draw it up, or to remove it.
Then when rain keeps us in doors, there is a piano constantly going, which execrations will not silence or it would be mute for ever!—
The regular recurrence of the meals is like the march of destiny—inexorable:—I might sooner move the heavens than retard or hasten supper or breakfast here.
| Miss Davies is always surprised at our eagerness to be out of doors, but the missing of a meal would be an incomprehensible piece of eccentricity in her eyes. Be that as it may I do not intend to take many more “teas” here: the other three meals we are booked for. They haunt me like ghouls—the four monsters—Breakfast, dinner, tea & supper:—they cast shadows before them & behind them & one treads upon the heels of the other.
By the time we have finished the tea we are near the appointed time for supper.
All this I hope may be improved:—I have already | made some innovations & shall make more. Till now I have been solely occupied in finding out about the “nourishment”. I was dreadfully afraid Tussy might be starved & at once laid in a stock of biscuits.—
I gave Miss Davies two pieces of information which she received very quietly:—that I should not go to church on the coming sunday & that I never intended coming home before 9 o'clock. At 9 we sup: talk for an hour with a white dog & then retire to our room where I find just rushlight enough to undress & use my machinery:—
| It rains here, a good deal & till now we have been unable to go field-wards.
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„Costermonger“ war einer der Spitznamen von Eleanor Marx. In Margate
erholte sich Familie Marx mehrfach.
Schließen Hastings is a divine place & I will uphold its
praise against all the costermongers in the world who cry up
Margate. Is it the fault of
Hastings if Miss Davies has boarders
& an old maiden-lady friend called Cax?—
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Siehe
Marx an L. Marx,
28.8.1866.
Schließen The money arrived here this morning:—I
thank you for it & wanted it: for although I had spent nothing but what I
was obliged to on bathing-tickets—cab—& some work—I had only a few pence
left.—
Zeugenbeschreibung und Überlieferung
Absender
Briefkontext
Zeugenbeschreibung
Der Brief besteht aus einem Bogen mittelstarkem, weißem Papier im Format 225 × 177 mm. Prägung: eine Krone auf einem Schild. Alle vier Seiten hat Laura Marx vollständig beschrieben. Der Anfang des Briefes fehlt. Schreibmaterial: schwarze Tinte.
Archivsignaturen: „X2“ (links) und „17X2“ (rechts) auf der ersten Seite.
Drucke
- D: Erstveröffentlichung: in russischer Übersetzung: Переписка Карла Маркса, Фридриха Энгельса и членов семьи Маркса (1983). S. 287/288
- In der Sprache des Originals wird der Brief hier erstmals veröffentlicht.
Anmerkungen zum Brief
Zur Datierung: Laura beantwortet Marx’ Brief vom 28. August 1866 und bestätigt den Erhalt des Geldes, das Marx mit seinem Brief geschickt hatte (siehe Marx an L. Marx, 28.8.1866: „I enclose ...“). „The money arrived this morning“ – somit ist der Brief wahrscheinlich am 29. August 1866 oder aber kurz darauf geschrieben worden. Datierung in der Erstveröffentlichung: um den 27. August 1866.
Zitiervorschlag
Laura Marx an Karl Marx und/oder Jenny Marx in London. Hastings, nicht früher als 29. August 1866. In: Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe digital. Hg. von der Internationalen Marx-Engels-Stiftung. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. URL: http://megadigital.bbaw.de/briefe/detail.xql?id=M0000165. Abgerufen am 19.03.2024.