Letter to Friedrich Engels, August 23, 1866

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Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 23 August 1866


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 3, Stuttgart, 1913
Published in English in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 42
Keywords : Letter, Friedrich Engels


MARX TO ENGELS[1]

IN MANCHESTER

London, 23 August 1866

DEAR FRED,

Just a few lines today. The Lafargue affair has been arranged inasmuch as his old man[2] has written to me from Bordeaux, requesting the title of promesso sposo[3] for his son and offering a very favourable economic settlement. Furthermore, it is accepted that Lafargue jeune[4] first has to qualify as a doctor in London and then in Paris before thinking of marriage. So FAR THE THING is SETTLED. But I also informed our Creole yesterday that if he cannot calm himself DOWN to English manners, Laura will show him the door without more ado. He must be absolutely clear about this or nothing will come of the affair. He has a heart of gold but is an enfant gâté[5] and too much a child of nature.

Laura declares that before she will formally let herself become betrothed, she must have your CONSENT.

I am threatened with new carbuncles here and there, but they keep disappearing again; they do, however, oblige me to keep my hours of work very much WITHIN LIMITS

Kindest regards to Lizzy.[6]

Salut.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ This letter was first published in English in K. Marx, On Education, Women and Children, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1975.
  2. ↑ François Lafargue
  3. ↑ fiancé
  4. ↑ junior
  5. ↑ spoilt child
  6. ↑ Lizzy Burns
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