Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 7 signed autograph letters to Paul Bourget....
Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 7 signed autograph letters to Paul Bourget. [1886–1895]. 33 pp. in-8.
– 1886. He congratulates him on his book *Un crime d’amour*, “excellent in both its development and logic… You have gotten to the heart of the matter regarding adultery… The feminine is so despicable and at the same time dangerous in its innermost being that there is only one way to render it harmless: to respect it in its tangible form…”
– [1894]. On *Outremer*. “…I now know my America as if I had been there. I read many books about it when I was writing *L’Étrangère*… none gave me a sense of that particular civilization quite like yours. Feminism is captured and rendered perfectly in it… I had no desire to see those people up close… I have even less of a desire to do so now…”
– He recommends d’Arpentigny’s book on chirognomy to her. “When you get into it, it will tell you how much or how little importance you should attach to your relationships. I’ve studied my own hands and recognized the truth of all these signs, though it requires a great deal of attention because some lines contradict one another… I have no fear, no concern whatsoever about death, and no interest in the afterlife…”
- On Bourget’s election to the Academy in 1894, for which he congratulates him: “…you came within one vote of not being elected. And some of those who love you most seemed to be fighting against you. Once you’re on the inside, you’ll see many such apparent contradictions…”
– [June 1895] – Before Bourget’s induction ceremony, to be held on June 13: “I love you for intellectual and moral reasons. The day you saw me in such a foul mood, it was myself I was angry with… I was caught up in my commitment to a candidate just like any other. I had the most trivial of opportunities to easily prove to you my affection for you personally and my admiration for your talent…”
– [Late June 1895]. “When you receive this letter, there will be a Madame Alexandre Dumas whom you have known for a long time, who has read your work from cover to cover and who believes that you and I are always right… She is, moreover, a woman who would be comparable to your wife, if anyone could be compared to her.”
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Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 7 signed autograph letters to Paul Bourget. [1886–1895]. 33 pp. in-8.
– 1886. He congratulates him on his book *Un crime d’amour*, “excellent in both its development and logic… You have gotten to the heart of the matter regarding adultery… The feminine is so despicable and at the same time dangerous in its innermost being that there is only one way to render it harmless: to respect it in its tangible form…”
– [1894]. On *Outremer*. “…I now know my America as if I had been there. I read many books about it when I was writing *L’Étrangère*… none gave me a sense of that particular civilization quite like yours. Feminism is captured and rendered perfectly in it… I had no desire to see those people up close… I have even less of a desire to do so now…”
– He recommends d’Arpentigny’s book on chirognomy to her. “When you get into it, it will tell you how much or how little importance you should attach to your relationships. I’ve studied my own hands and recognized the truth of all these signs, though it requires a great deal of attention because some lines contradict one another… I have no fear, no concern whatsoever about death, and no interest in the afterlife…”
- On Bourget’s election to the Academy in 1894, for which he congratulates him: “…you came within one vote of not being elected. And some of those who love you most seemed to be fighting against you. Once you’re on the inside, you’ll see many such apparent contradictions…”
– [June 1895] – Before Bourget’s induction ceremony, to be held on June 13: “I love you for intellectual and moral reasons. The day you saw me in such a foul mood, it was myself I was angry with… I was caught up in my commitment to a candidate just like any other. I had the most trivial of opportunities to easily prove to you my affection for you personally and my admiration for your talent…”
– [Late June 1895]. “When you receive this letter, there will be a Madame Alexandre Dumas whom you have known for a long time, who has read your work from cover to cover and who believes that you and I are always right… She is, moreover, a woman who would be comparable to your wife, if anyone could be compared to her.”
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