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CHATEAUBRIAND François de (1768-1848)
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CHATEAUBRIAND François de (1768-1848)
L.A., Val de Loup Monday 14 [October 1811], to the Duchess of DURAS| 4 pages in-4.
Beautiful letter on the marriage of her nephew Louis de Chateaubriand, on his financial situation and The Adventures of the Last Abencérage.
"I received your letter in the middle of the wedding. I attended that sad ceremony. Here it is| here they are in this great road of all sorrows| we are walking fast. When I saw the poor orphan with his brother, looking for support in a foreign family, and calling his mother a person he had met a dozen times in his life, I was very touched. It made me think of the death of all my people, of my isolation on this earth, of the tombs that have grown up around me and which in a few years will count me among their inhabitants.
In this disposition of soul, I had to make verses| also, in wanting to make a song, I made a lament that made everyone cry. Isn't it right to take my time and choose the place? I don't think I'm ever well connected with the members of this family.
If Louis had married a bigger name or a bigger fortune, maybe in some ways I'd have found some kind of connection with his family. Christian, the younger brother, is leaving and will travel for several years.
He loves Louis as Pilade loves Orestes, and cannot get used to the idea of being second best.
What you're telling me about your arrangements makes me very happy to have the hope of seeing you with this hyver. It is necessary to get as close as possible in this life| the moment of the last separation is so near that we cannot take too much advantage of the few days we have to see each other. ...]
The bankruptcy of NICOLLE has obliged me to hire the Abencerrage for 9,000 francs| these 9,000 francs will be paid by the sale of the work which the lender will have the right to have printed next November to be published in January, if I cannot pay this sum before that time. This puts me in despair, for I believe that this is by no means the moment for me
L.A., Val de Loup Monday 14 [October 1811], to the Duchess of DURAS| 4 pages in-4.
Beautiful letter on the marriage of her nephew Louis de Chateaubriand, on his financial situation and The Adventures of the Last Abencérage.
"I received your letter in the middle of the wedding. I attended that sad ceremony. Here it is| here they are in this great road of all sorrows| we are walking fast. When I saw the poor orphan with his brother, looking for support in a foreign family, and calling his mother a person he had met a dozen times in his life, I was very touched. It made me think of the death of all my people, of my isolation on this earth, of the tombs that have grown up around me and which in a few years will count me among their inhabitants.
In this disposition of soul, I had to make verses| also, in wanting to make a song, I made a lament that made everyone cry. Isn't it right to take my time and choose the place? I don't think I'm ever well connected with the members of this family.
If Louis had married a bigger name or a bigger fortune, maybe in some ways I'd have found some kind of connection with his family. Christian, the younger brother, is leaving and will travel for several years.
He loves Louis as Pilade loves Orestes, and cannot get used to the idea of being second best.
What you're telling me about your arrangements makes me very happy to have the hope of seeing you with this hyver. It is necessary to get as close as possible in this life| the moment of the last separation is so near that we cannot take too much advantage of the few days we have to see each other. ...]
The bankruptcy of NICOLLE has obliged me to hire the Abencerrage for 9,000 francs| these 9,000 francs will be paid by the sale of the work which the lender will have the right to have printed next November to be published in January, if I cannot pay this sum before that time. This puts me in despair, for I believe that this is by no means the moment for me