André GIDE Correspondence of 8 autograph and signed letters

  

The Autographes des Siècles bookstore has been specializing for many years in the sale of autograph letters and manuscripts. Correspondence with his friend René Berthelot. A set of six signed autograph letters and two signed letters.

Five pages in quarto and four pages in octavo. Paris, Luxor, Nice between January 1929 and April 1942. “My dear friend, It has been so long since I last saw you that I no longer quite remember if I initially addressed you informally.

I have just received this package from you, which brings me great pleasure. I had already read, with great interest, your study on Shakespearean Wisdom, but I only knew Goethe’s Wisdom through the great praise Marcel Drouin had given me. I am taking you with me to Algiers (I embark in a few days), delighted to have you as a travel companion and to discuss Goethe, with whom one never runs out of things to say. I am also taking your translation of Shelley, happy to see that you have translated the Epipsychidion, for which I have a particular fondness, and that I will reread once more with you. And affectionately yours, André Gide. Attached are two letters that you had forgotten in one of the volumes. “My dear friend, I found your letter upon returning to Paris this morning. I would be so happy to see your essays on Shakespeare and Goethe published in the Nouvelle Revue Française, that I immediately went to speak with the director and two of the main “readers.

” If you have a copy of your manuscript at hand, would you send it to Mr. André Malraux, care of the N?

I have such a strong desire for this to succeed that I dare call it hope.” “Dear friend, Your friends have pointed out to me that. But it would be better if you came to chat with us for a moment.

I have something quite important to tell you. “My dear friend, Your excellent letter fortunately reassures us. I was eagerly awaiting it, as you had left the Solennichaf and me, along with a few others, quite worried. From the genuine anxiety with which I was asked, “Have you received any news?

” you could gauge the sympathies you both left behind in Luxor. This “we” includes Chevrier, Robichon, and Varille. I send you the best wishes from all. May the swift recovery of Madame René Berthelot now allow you to return to France without delay!

But your example does not encourage me much to sail further south on the Nile. I will content myself this time with Luxor, where I think I will linger for another ten days; then I will head straight for Alexandria - where I do not dare hope to find you. But I will inquire all the same. You will have understood, without needing to be told again, the great pleasure I had in seeing you again and in making the acquaintance of Madame René Berthelot - to whom you will kindly convey my best wishes and my affectionate regards. Very attentively yours, André Gide.

” “Dear friend, Yes, I would be very happy to. I remain a bit confused for not having anticipated your call, as I had intended to do upon my return from Greece, and I am grateful that you are not holding it against me.

I will be very pleased to see you again and hope to find Madame René Berthelot completely recovered. Since you let me choose, I will come to knock on your door tomorrow, Wednesday, at half past noon. “Dear friend, dear friends, I was somewhat jealous of Roger Martin du Gard who told me of his pleasure in meeting you in Évian. But your note makes me happy. I will gladly wait for you next Saturday afternoon at the Adriatic Hotel - all happy to see you both again.

” “Dear friend - dear friends, News of you from Roger Martin du Gard this evening, although vague and uncertain, worries me greatly, and I feel how strong and deep my old friendship is, which now extends to both of you. If I can be of any service to you. And how many wishes I make that this word reassures me. Believe me, both of you, your very devoted friend. “Dear friend, Thank you for your letter. I am happy to receive reassuring news about Madame Berthelot before my imminent departure (I embark on May 2 for Tunis).

Please convey my attentive affection to her. I completely agree with you regarding Aragon's poems.

I was thinking of offering you this little volume and remain a bit confused about the reimbursement. I learned yesterday of the dreadful loss that has struck your friends Parodi.

I do not know them well enough to write to them, but my heart remains heavy with this abominable tragedy.” Consult our manuscripts The Autographes des Siècles Gallery specializes in the sale and expertise of autograph letters and manuscripts from great personalities of past centuries.

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