Alexandre DUMAS Autographed Letter Signed Publisher, his novels and Cherville

  

Alexandre DUMAS - Signed autograph letter - Publisher, his novels and Cherville. Signed autograph letter to his publisher Alexandre Cadot, 2 p. Dumas' detailed discussion with his publisher about their accounts. For the writer, money is indeed a driving force for writing, at the heart of Dumas' true "novelistic enterprise," in the golden age of serialized novels, when literature becomes a source of enrichment. Dumas also extensively details his work on his play Orpheline, his novels Black and Les Louves de Machecoul, and mentions his close collaborator Cherville.

"Let's talk once and for all, like people who have the right to speak to each other after ten or twelve years of relationship, that is, frankly and honestly. First, you know well that Orpheline was not performed in Marseille and that if it had been performed at 12 francs in royalties per evening, it would not have yielded 1000 francs. 2° I sent to MM Dufour and Mulat who replied that not a single copy had been sent out or would be sent out before the end of our year.

These are the two main points settled. That is to say, about the 160 francs.

Since in the meantime, I have learned that you kept 400 francs from Black, I thought that your 160 francs were included in that. No, my friend, we know each other and your complaints are only meant to avoid an inevitable claim. I leave you the 9 volumes of Les Louves - I say 9 because there are 11. In our account that I need to see clarified since I have not received anything about it for over a year - but I cannot leave you Cherville's share, who has already only received 500 instead of 900 from Black. Now, 9 times 233 francs make for Les Louves alone 2107 francs [.] do not pay me at all - but pay Cherville, who is in Marseille, who has accounts and who is counting on that money. That's what I tell you as a man who has never failed you, who has never disputed a just thing, and who has made you earn 200,000 francs. Believe me, I am as eager as you are for our accounts to be balanced, but I cannot do more than I am already doing [. Dufour and Mulat, publishers of Dumas, notably The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Black. Black is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1858. Les Louves de Machecoul is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1858.

He collaborated with Alexandre Dumas on a long series of serialized novels, including Black, Le Père la Ruine, and Les Louves de Machecoul. Good condition - sent by registered mail.