1st October 1841:
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one’s very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit. Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
[from the letter sent by Mary Ann Evans, more well-known by her pen name George Eliot, to Miss Maria Lewis, her old teacher, one of the first people to recognise her intellect.]
“Non è questo un vero giorno d’autunno? Solo la calma malinconia che amo – quella che mette in armonia vita e natura. Gli uccelli si consultano sulle loro migrazioni, gli alberi assumono le tinte esaltate o pallide della decomposizione e cominciano a spargersi sul terreno, affinché i passi dell’uomo non disturbino il riposo della terra e dell’aria, mentre ci regalano un profumo che è un perfetto calmante per lo spirito inquieto. Delizioso autunno! La mia anima sembra congiunta a lui, e se fossi un uccello volerei per la terra cercando gli autunni a venire”.
[della lettera inviata il 1° ottobre 1841da Mary Ann Evans, nota con il suo pseudonimo George Eliot, alla signorina Maria Lewis, sua vecchia insegnante, una delle prime persone a riconoscere il suo genio.]
I love Evans’ description of autumn!
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I found it wonderful, too 🍂🙏🍂
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Molto tenera come descrizione! 🙂
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Sono contenta che sia piaciuta anche a te, Ale caro 🍂❤🍂❤🍂
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Lovely sense of Autumn. I am noticing a sweet melancholy in your choice of autumnal quotes. Hope you are enjoying peaceful, hopeful autumn– and not in too much despair.
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You have great insightfulness, dear Pat. I am a little depressed. but I’m trying to let the blues go away
Blue is not an autumn color!🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
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The only acceptable blue in October is the beautiful blue October sky. Wishing you peace and tranquility this fall
🌹🌈🍂🍁🌹🌹🌞
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Thank you so much!🙏🙏🙏
I wish the same to you too 🧡🧡🧡
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A fitted and beautiful choice. Grazie mia cara Amica. 🤗🙏💖🌹😘
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Thank you so much for saying so! I am really pleased that you liked it 🙂
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🌹🌹🥰❤😘
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Delicata descrizione, quasi commovente. 💚
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Sì. anch’io l’ho trovata deliziosa
Buon pomeriggio 😘
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Quoque tu amica mea non scherzibus cum malinconiae! Comunque gli uccelli che si consultano per le migrazioni potrebbe diventare un decreto legge estensibile…
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Grazie, grazie di cuore, Stefano caro. Tu riesci sempre a farmi sorridere e io te ne sono grata
Un abbraccio
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These are perfect words for Autumn Luisa. A time to get out and enjoy nature’s colours in all their glory
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You’re right, Malc. Nature is wearing its best dress right now
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Che splendida descrizione dell’Autunno!!! Anch’io vorrei tanto volare in cerca degli ” Autunni a venire!” Queste letture Luisa, fanno bene all’anima, grazie!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
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Grazie, Vitty carissima… e buon pomeriggio 🍂🧡🍂
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Loved the way autumns described ❣️🌸
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Thank you Daphny, as always you are supportive and kind!🍂🎈🍂🎈🍂
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You’re most welcome Luisa ❣️🌸
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Perfettamente in linea con quanto sento. Adoro l’autunno 💞
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Grazie, Eletta. Sono felice che ti senta in sintonia con questi post 🙏🙏🙏
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Sono sempre interessanti… 💕
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🙏😘🙏
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Molto bella 💌 Complimenti per la foto già autunnale…con il cagnolino adorato in lontananza ❤
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Grazie, Dani carissima, anche a nome di Sissi🐩
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❤😘
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Wow! So touching description of Autumn. Beautifully written 😊👌🌹
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I am pleased that you liked this description too. I thought it was quite beautiful 🍂🍂🍂
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Thank you ❤️😊👌
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Essendo di animo malinconico, amo l’autunno in cui, per certi versi, mi rispecchio! Ho ancora in mente, un autunno vissuto in navigazione tra San Pietroburgo e Mosca, in cui le betulle facevano a gara con le loro chiome color fuoco,, e noi sul battello, a guardare ammirati queta meraviglia della natura!
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Che ricordo stupendo! Lo hai descritto in modo così vivido che è parso anche a me di vedere quelle meravigliose betulle rosse
Grazie!!!!
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Bonjour mon Ami (ie) LUISA qu’il est bon de se réveiller devant un petit déjeuner
Moment privilégié, moment où on se retrouve en tête à tête avec soi-même, moment où on sourit à la vie 😊
Se réveiller plus tôt permet de démarrer sa journée au meilleur de nous-même, un café, un premier sourire
Je te souhaite une belle journée avec les tiens
Amitié bisous BERNARD
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Merci beaucoup cher Bernard
Je te retourne les bons voeux pour une belle journée et un bon week-end
Bisous 🤗🎈🤗🎈🤗
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What a wonderful letter!!👌 Fantastic words about autumn, nature’s most beautiful language.
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. Thanks a million for taking your time to check out this piece. I appreciate it. Stay safe and have an enjoyable weekend. ❤️
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Thank you for giving us this wonderful letter this morning, Luisa. I walked out in the garden and felt
very similar to Mary Ann Evans. Just not so eloquent. But so very uplifting.
Miriam
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So glad to hear that her words resonate with you!
Thanks a lot for your kind feedback, Miriam
Have a wonderful weekend
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Mary Ann Evans is an ancestor of mine, through her marriage to John Cross. My grandfather, Harry Evans Cross, was named after her. This is a lovely excerpt! However, I’ve had trouble reading her literary works, finding them to be too wordy. Also, the English style of writing for that period was hard for me to decipher. I labored through The Mill on the Floss, and only got half way through Silas Marner before giving up!
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Styles and vocabulary evolve over time: it also happens with our great Italian writers who become difficult to read centuries later.
The fact that George Eliot was connected to your family is great news and I thank you for sharing it 🙏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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I enjoyed your post and I plan to share it with my sisters! 🧡
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Thank you so much
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bella serata
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“a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit” me lo auguro davvero!
Un abbraccio Luisa, GRAZIE!
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Anch’io, Claudia!
Buona serata😘😘😘
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Delicious autumn! From a woman who had to hide behind a man’s name for her talent to be recognized.
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Your comment is really valuable and thought-provoking
I am much obliged as always for your visit and inspiring comment my dear Ruth. 🤗🙏
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My pleasure, my friend.
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🙏🧡🙏🧡🙏
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