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DESBORDES-VALMORE Marceline (1786 - 1859)

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DESBORDES-VALMORE Marceline (1786 - 1859)
12 L.A.S., 1833 - 1856 and s.d., to various| 32 pages mostly in-8, 4 addresses.
Paris 15 September 1833, to Pierquin, about her misfortunes: the death of
Valmore père, she was almost killed by a horse that knocked her down| she worries about her son Hippolyte... December 31, 1841, to Caroline
Branchu, beautiful letter of friendship, also written by her husband Prosper Valmore and by their daughter Inès.
To her daughter Ondine, Mme Langlais. April 16, 1850, various news| following, letter from Henri Langlais to his parents. July 25, 1851, Prosper and
Marceline Valmore to Ondine. July 20 and August 11, 1852, two long news letters (Ondine is in Saint-Chamond.
December 26, 1854, to her good neighbor Mrs. Courtois, about her "sad solitude"...
S.d. "My life is to wait. Didn't you find that I was very slow to write to you? I have found that it never consoles the good that is not accomplished for those who are dear to me, and who do so much to others. She speaks of the Plaintive, which she has read: "I would give it fifty prices if it were for women to give to women, and for the poor to give to the poor. There is in this book so much patience, so many heartbroken hours, so many struggles with all that we know well of the enclosed assaults. But all the money in the world would not pay for the pure diamonds that are there from his real tears"... Etc.