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Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. A collection of signed autograp…
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157
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Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. A collection of signed autograp…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. A collection of signed autograph letters to women.
– To a mistress? [c. 1872–1874]. 1 p. in-12. ‘I had just sent you my letter when I received this one, which I am now sending to you. I beg you, don’t torment yourself like this. I send you my love. ”
– To Mlle Eiranne. [1883–1894]. 13 autograph signed letters. 12 pp. in-8, 5 pp. in-12. 1 visiting card, 2 envelopes. “My dear resurrected one. How kind of you to think of me on your return from the other world, and how happy I am that you have come back…’ – ‘I went to the Théâtre Français yesterday evening specifically to see Perrin, but he had already left… I’m going to see him today at the Conservatoire. ” – “Nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the Théâtre Français…” – “… There really is a soul struggling within this little creature. But the place where she lives is not a convenient one for a soul to inhabit. Sometimes one is even ashamed to have one there… She is so sincere that she sometimes fears it won’t last…” – “…I was wrong to make that speech, which glorified in you only what you are hiding today… Ever since my conversation with [?] during the rehearsals for *L’Étrangère*, it has stirred within… your heart all manner of lovely thoughts and fine impressions, which are all the more enhanced by dwelling in a charming head and a beautiful bosom… You are, so to speak, conducting a dress rehearsal for love… ’ – ‘The role of the Viscountess was cast a year ago… It will have to be for another occasion.’
– Mlle Eiranne to Dumas Fils. [1879]. 4 pp. in-8 on cream paper bearing her mark. She was unable to go and tell him about the role of Princess Georges because her mother was very ill. ‘I am resuming my studies today and will spare no effort to earn a favourable judgement… I am still at the door of the Théâtre Français; I can see it standing ajar… ” – “I’ve just seen him in Orléans. He’s leaving for Bordeaux at 10 o’clock. Don’t say it was I who betrayed him…”
– To a woman. 20 May 1876. 2 pp. in-8. ‘You have taken back your childhood name for his sake, the one that was never used for worldly love, the one that ought only to be spoken by your mother and father, or by a lover who would have understood you, or by a husband who would have loved you. That is good, and I believe he was grateful to you for it…’
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