SD2758. Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 31, 318 (in part).
Windsor Castle,
March 8, 1865
I have heard of dear Arthur’s safe arrival at Naples. He paid a visit to the Prince Imperial …
I think you judge “Aurora Leigh” too severely; that is I mean you have overlooked the decided genius and some most beautiful passages; but the strangeness and coarseness I quite agree.
Text: Your Dear Letter: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1865–1871, ed. Roger Fulford (New York, 1971), p. 20.
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