ZOLA Émile (1840-1902). L.A.S. "Emile Zola", Paris April 4, 1867, to Antony VALABRÈGUE| 4 pages in-8 filled with a small, tight handwriting. Beautiful and long letter at the beginning of his literary career. [Zola began on March 2 to publish in serial form in Le Messager de Provence his first novel, Les Mystères de Marseille. Antony VALABRÈGUE (1844-1900), who was to become a poet and art critic, was the friend and fellow student at Aix-en-Provence of Zola and Cézanne, who painted his portrait]. "The heavy tasks with which I am burdened at the moment should not, however, make me neglect my friends altogether. He reproaches his friend for having "judged the publication of the Mysteries of Marseille a little provincially. [...] I obey, as you know, necessities and wills. I am not allowed, as you are, to fall asleep, to shut myself up in an ivory tower, on the pretext that the crowd is stupid. I need the crowd, I go to it as I can, I try all means to tame it. At the moment, I need two things above all: publicity and money. Tell yourself that, and you will understand why I accepted the offers of the Messager de Provence. Besides, you are in all the hopes, in all the beliefs of the beginning, you judge men and works absolutely, you do not yet see that everything is relative, and you do not have the tolerances of experience. I do not wish to cast darkness into your beautiful and limpid sky. I am waiting for you at your beginnings, at your struggles| only then will you understand my conduct well. [...] I know what I am doing. At the moment, I am working on three novels: Les Mystères, a short story for L'Illustration, and a major psychological study for the Revue du XIXe siècle [Un mariage d'amour]. I am very satisfied with this last work| it is, I believe, the best I have done so far. I even fear that the pace will be too strong, and that Houssaye will back out at the last moment. The work will be published in three parts| the first part is finished and should appear in May. You see that I am going quickly. Last month I wrote this first part - a third of the volume - and a hundred pages of the Mysteries. I'm bent over my desk from morning to night. This year I shall publish four or five volumes. Give me an income, and I undertake to go right away to shut myself up with you and wallow in the sun in the grass. He left Le Figaro, where he will only publish "flying articles, and, profession for profession, I prefer to write long stories, which remain. I also had to give up the idea of doing a Salon. It is possible, however, that I will launch some brochure on my friends the painters. [...] I work a lot, taking care of some works and abandoning others, trying to make my hole with a lot of digging. You will know one day that it is difficult to dig such a hole". He envisages Valabrègue's future career as a poet, but it is "a path so different from the one I have taken, that it is difficult for me not to make some restrictions. My position has imposed struggle on me, militant work is for me the great means, the only one I can advise. Your wealth, your instincts give you leisure, you linger on cheerfully. All roads are good: follow yours"... He ends by giving news of their painter friends: "Paul [CÉZANNE] is refused, Guillemet is refused, all are refused| the jury, irritated by my Salon, has thrown out all those who walk in the new way"...

ZOLA Émile (1840-1902). L.A.S. "埃米尔-左拉"，巴黎，1867年4月4日，致安东尼-瓦拉布热；4页8开，写满了小而紧凑的字迹。 在他的文学生涯开始时，是一封不错的长信。 [左拉于3月2日开始在《普罗旺斯信使》上连载他的第一部小说《马赛之谜》。安东尼- VALABRÈGUE（1844-1900），他后来成为诗人和艺术评论家，是左拉和塞尚在普罗旺斯地区艾克斯的朋友和同学，塞尚为他画了肖像]。"然而，我目前所承担的沉重工作负担不应该使我完全忽视我的朋友。 他指责他的朋友 "对《马赛之谜》的出版判断得有点偏激"。[......]我服从，如你所知，必需品和愿望。 ，我不允许像你一样睡着了，把自己关在象牙塔里，借口是群众很愚蠢。我需要人群，我尽我所能去接近它，我想尽一切办法去驯服它。目前，我最需要两样东西：宣传和金钱。告诉你自己，你就会明白为什么我接受了普罗旺斯使者的提议。此外，你在所有的希望中，在所有的信仰中开始，你对人和作品的判断是绝对的，你还没有看到一切是相对的，你没有经验的容忍度。我不希望将黑暗投向你美丽的晴空。我等待你们的开始，等待你们的挣扎；只有这样，你们才能理解我的行为。[......]我知道自己在做什么。 目前，我正在创作三部小说：《神秘》、《画报》的短篇小说以及为《 XIXe siècle》杂志撰写的重要心理学研究报告[Un mariage d'amour]。我对这最后的作品非常满意；我相信这是我迄今为止做得最好的作品。我甚至担心节奏太强，侯赛因会在最后时刻退缩。该作品将分三部分出版；第一部分已经完成，应该在5月出版。你可以看到，我的动作很快。上个月我写了这第一部分--本卷的三分之一--和大约一百页的《奥秘》。我从早到晚都弯着腰趴在桌子上。今年我将出版四到五卷。 ，给我一笔收入，我保证马上去和你关在一起，在草地上沉浸在阳光下。 他离开了《费加罗报》，在那里他只发表 "飞行的文章，而且，就职业而言，我更喜欢写长篇故事，这些故事仍然存在。我也不得不放弃了做沙龙的想法。不过，我有可能会推出一些关于我的朋友们的画家的小册子。[...] 我工作很多，照顾一些工程，放弃其他工程，试图用我的镐头打出自己的洞。有一天你会知道，这样的坑很难挖。" 他设想瓦拉布雷格未来的职业是一个诗人，但这是 "一条与我所走的路如此不同的路，我很难不做一些限制。我的立场把斗争强加给我，激进的工作对我来说是伟大的手段，是我唯一能建议的。你的财富，你的本能给了你闲暇，你用一颗欢快的心徘徊。所有的路都是好的：跟着你的走"...... 他最后介绍了他们的画家朋友的消息："保罗[CÉZANNE]被拒绝了，Guillemet被拒绝了，所有的人都被拒绝了；陪审团被我的沙龙激怒了，把所有走新路的人都赶走了"。

ZOLA Émile (1840-1902).

ZOLA (Emile). 1840-1902. L.A.S. à Antony Valabrègue. Paris, 4 avril 1867. 4 pp. in-8 à l'encre. Lettre au poète et critique d'art proche de Cézanne et ami de Zola. Accablé de besogne, Zola ne veut cependant pas négliger son ami| (...) Permettez-moi avant tout, que vous avez jugé un peu en provincial la publication des Mystères de Marseille. Si vous étiez ici, au milieu de nous, si je pouvais causer dix minutes avec vous, vous comprendriez sur le champ la raison d'être de cette oeuvre. J'obéis vous le savez à des nécessités et à des volontés (...)

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