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GIDE André (1869-1951).
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GIDE André (1869-1951).
8 L.A.S. "André Gide" or "A.G.", [Paris], Cuverville, Roquebrune or Calvi 1900-1931, to Eugène ROUART| 28 pages in-4 or in-8, one envelope.
Letters to his close friend (1872-1936), model of the character Robert in the trilogy L'École des femmes.
[19 September 1900]. He returns from Cabourg, "to see Ducoté, Jacques Blanche and to bring back young Ghéon", and hopes to come and see him at Les Plaines after Georges Widmer's wedding. About Quillot: "You say that you would be willing to help him. In what way? In what way? I cannot lend money again without the most formal indications from you"... March 29, 1901. Overwhelmed by hardships, including the death of his aunt Démarest, he is in great need of peace and quiet, but rehearsals [for Le Roi Candaule] are beginning: "My play will run from April 20 to 24. [I work as hard as I can, but I'm not worth much anymore, and I'm planning a cure in Lamalou in the spring. I cannot make others understand that I need to work| even the most pleasant distractions, the most charming conversations, now seem to me to be a nuisance. For too long I have done almost nothing [...] Paris is full of people who have too much time to kill and get bored as soon as they are alone with themselves.
We have seen the case of Jammes| he is always idle and considers it a service to be disturbed... Wednesday evening [about May 9].
"I know already how kind you are to my old king. I will see to it that your box is well surrounded. [...] My friends are acting so chivalrously on this occasion that Lugné Poë is beginning to be a little surprised. - He has taken Eugène's manuscript to the Mercure, and will speak to Vallette| changes will no doubt be necessary. He proposes additional notes for
Candaule: "The part I am playing is so important that I do not ignore any advice, any support. [I realize today that I do not know any journalist| I feel that they will make me feel it harshly"... Cuverville October 6, 1905. Long letter about a farmer on his mother's family's old property at La Roque-Baignard (Calvados). Poor Auvray is dying, paralyzed. Gide blames the two owners who succeeded him: "Mauguin's businessman [...] found a way to cheat both Hély d'Oissel and Auvray, overcharging the latter for the rent and overcharging the former for the land. H. d'O. did not understand that he was paying more than its value for a piece of land whose rent was increased by 2 or 3 hundred francs"...
The farmer vainly demanded the execution of the promises of the lessor, who moreover sued him for poaching. "Auvray, I think I told you, is an admirable figure| a former farmhand, by dint of hard work, virtue, and sobriety, he had been able to put aside, little by little, enough to become a farmer himself. For the first time that I met a noble figure in this sad country, and desirous of attaching myself to him, I handed over to him the first year's rent| this handing over was stipulated and signed on an independent sheet of the lease. And now you can understand in what inextricable embarrassment I find myself: Auvray alone can terminate the lease| but, half-comatose, he does not [...] know that it is seized"... Roquebrune February 14, 1930. "Don't think I'm being stubborn| I'm already reacting against what I've told you| but I'm grateful that you're talking to me like this.
May he not be more stubborn than I am!"... Calvi, September 14, 1931. "Without you I would not have been aware of Daudet's article, which is indeed of rare intelligence. It will embarrass and irritate many people on his side, who never stop burying me and proclaiming my "bankruptcy".
You wrote me a very affectionate letter on a subject on which I prefer to keep quiet| but I am no less sensitive to the testimony of your friendship... - A charming dinner at the Lerolle's yesterday| a very long chat at random| your sister-in-law is only returning to the family home today. Saw Valery at some length these last few days| his mathematics is making him a little soft| he confides in it many things that taste better fresh"...
8 L.A.S. "André Gide" or "A.G.", [Paris], Cuverville, Roquebrune or Calvi 1900-1931, to Eugène ROUART| 28 pages in-4 or in-8, one envelope.
Letters to his close friend (1872-1936), model of the character Robert in the trilogy L'École des femmes.
[19 September 1900]. He returns from Cabourg, "to see Ducoté, Jacques Blanche and to bring back young Ghéon", and hopes to come and see him at Les Plaines after Georges Widmer's wedding. About Quillot: "You say that you would be willing to help him. In what way? In what way? I cannot lend money again without the most formal indications from you"... March 29, 1901. Overwhelmed by hardships, including the death of his aunt Démarest, he is in great need of peace and quiet, but rehearsals [for Le Roi Candaule] are beginning: "My play will run from April 20 to 24. [I work as hard as I can, but I'm not worth much anymore, and I'm planning a cure in Lamalou in the spring. I cannot make others understand that I need to work| even the most pleasant distractions, the most charming conversations, now seem to me to be a nuisance. For too long I have done almost nothing [...] Paris is full of people who have too much time to kill and get bored as soon as they are alone with themselves.
We have seen the case of Jammes| he is always idle and considers it a service to be disturbed... Wednesday evening [about May 9].
"I know already how kind you are to my old king. I will see to it that your box is well surrounded. [...] My friends are acting so chivalrously on this occasion that Lugné Poë is beginning to be a little surprised. - He has taken Eugène's manuscript to the Mercure, and will speak to Vallette| changes will no doubt be necessary. He proposes additional notes for
Candaule: "The part I am playing is so important that I do not ignore any advice, any support. [I realize today that I do not know any journalist| I feel that they will make me feel it harshly"... Cuverville October 6, 1905. Long letter about a farmer on his mother's family's old property at La Roque-Baignard (Calvados). Poor Auvray is dying, paralyzed. Gide blames the two owners who succeeded him: "Mauguin's businessman [...] found a way to cheat both Hély d'Oissel and Auvray, overcharging the latter for the rent and overcharging the former for the land. H. d'O. did not understand that he was paying more than its value for a piece of land whose rent was increased by 2 or 3 hundred francs"...
The farmer vainly demanded the execution of the promises of the lessor, who moreover sued him for poaching. "Auvray, I think I told you, is an admirable figure| a former farmhand, by dint of hard work, virtue, and sobriety, he had been able to put aside, little by little, enough to become a farmer himself. For the first time that I met a noble figure in this sad country, and desirous of attaching myself to him, I handed over to him the first year's rent| this handing over was stipulated and signed on an independent sheet of the lease. And now you can understand in what inextricable embarrassment I find myself: Auvray alone can terminate the lease| but, half-comatose, he does not [...] know that it is seized"... Roquebrune February 14, 1930. "Don't think I'm being stubborn| I'm already reacting against what I've told you| but I'm grateful that you're talking to me like this.
May he not be more stubborn than I am!"... Calvi, September 14, 1931. "Without you I would not have been aware of Daudet's article, which is indeed of rare intelligence. It will embarrass and irritate many people on his side, who never stop burying me and proclaiming my "bankruptcy".
You wrote me a very affectionate letter on a subject on which I prefer to keep quiet| but I am no less sensitive to the testimony of your friendship... - A charming dinner at the Lerolle's yesterday| a very long chat at random| your sister-in-law is only returning to the family home today. Saw Valery at some length these last few days| his mathematics is making him a little soft| he confides in it many things that taste better fresh"...