COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle. Signed Autograph Letter

  
Signed autograph letter, (without place, without date), to Maurice Edmond Saillant, known as Curnonsky. 3 pages in-12, 178 x 113. Autographed letter signed by Colette to her friend, to whom she addresses rather virulent reproaches seasoned with a touch of slang: "You are a boor and a nobody and a calf and a Marlou, since you did not answer me. We will give you remarkable prose! But if you think that will prevent me from using you!

You will immediately go to any bookseller and buy me The Earth by a young author little known and full of great hopes, E. We never capitalize Z so much. Only, if someone were to write Zola or Zoroaster, and there we are all silly - especially you. Also, when Willy is completely ruined, I will open a Capitalization course. Colette had discovered and loved Emile Zola at a very young age.

It is in a completely ironic tone that she urges her friend to read (or reread) the great author! The end of the letter is very theatrical, worthy of her reputation as a young wild girl: "Farewell. I cannot, given your behavior, give you my hand to kiss. A brief gesture of the head, that's all.

My signature looks quite offended, isn't it?