Karl and Jenny Marx, Margate, March 1866
Before and at Easter 1866 Marx spent some weeks in Margate for health reasons.
He stayed at 5 Lansells Place near the seafront. On 24th March 1866 he wrote to Engels
The weather is, by and large, rather raw, and in particular there is often an east wind blowing here,
which is SOMEWHAT CHILLING, but one soon becomes accustomed to
that, too. You can tell how much I am restored from the fact that
last Sunday I marched per pedes” to Canterbury (17 miles from
here) in less than 4 hours. As regards company here, it does not
exist, of course.
Even so Margate remained one of his favourite seaside locations
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