![]() ![]() The letter addressed to Lord Grosvenor is due to go on sale at Swann Auction Galleries with an estimate of $3,500-$5,000. ![]() He contended the suggestion Shaw's school was as bad as Dotheboys ruined the man's life.ĭespite these glimpses into the inner workings of Dickens's mind, it seems doubtful the true inspiration will ever be clear. He argued his forebear was in fact not the inspiration for the man depicted in Dickens' novel - even though he also wore a patch over one eye. In another twist, 17 years ago the great-great-grandson of Shaw, an engineer called Ted, tried to get to the bottom of his relative's somewhat unfortunate connection to the fictional headmaster. ![]() In it Dickens explains how he deliberately watered down the horror of the story in his new novel 'rather than disgust and weary the reader with its fouler aspects'. The letter is written in Dickens's handwriting and features his personal stampĪnother letter published at the time, addressed to the Irish novelist Anna Maria Hall, seems to support this theory. ![]()
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