Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy

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[Alexandria] 7 May 1884

    My dear Constantine, I have your nice
    letter 24 ultimo enclosing extract from the
    Neologos, which I have read with much
    interest and for which I thank you. You     have my full sympathy and I can well
    appreciate all you write. ― You ask how
    Easter passed with me: as unremarkably
    as any other Sunday, were it not for the
    abominable pistol-firing in the streets.
    I have sent you our father’s passport under     registered cover. ― You are perfectly right
    in calling the Egyptian Gazette trite:
    for one word of sense, Philip gives his
    readers ten of “Bamboozledom”.
    News there is none. Nothing has yet     been said about the Indemnities and
     the policy of England with regard to
    Egypt is unchanged. What will ultimately
    be decided upon and done is a thick     mystery, tho’ no one for a moment
    would credit the thought that the English
    intend leaving the country. In the mean-
    while the papers are kicking up a great
    row against the Liberal Government
    and are vehement in their protestations     about Gordon’s position.
    My best affection to all.
          Believe me, dear Constantine,
               Yours devotedly
               Johannisberg

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Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy

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7/5/1884

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Cavafy, John

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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on both sides of a small letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Personal news. Comments on the political situation. (Alexandria)

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The transcription and editing of the letters of John Constantine Cavafy addressed to C. P. Cavafy was first carried out by Katerina Ghika; said transcriptions were subsequently uploaded to the official website of the Cavafy Archive.

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Letter

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Egyptian Gazette, The

Neologos

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Egypt

England (UK)

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Cavafy, John Constantine

Cavafy, Peter John J.

Gordon, Charles George

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Cavafy, John Constantine. “Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 07.05.1884. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0044 (419), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0044.