Gustave GUICHES signed autograph letter Huysmans Malherbe Bloy 1931

  

Gustave GUICHES - signed autograph letter - Huysmans Malherbe Bloy - 1931. Author of numerous novels and plays, he is particularly known for his work marked by a certain satirical flair and a pronounced interest in the artistic and literary circles of his time. A close friend of many writers such as Léon Bloy, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, he was a central figure in the Parisian literary circles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jean de Fleury is the son of Maurice de Fleury, a famous psychiatrist, physician, and French man of letters.

"Camille by Luzech (Lot) An absence of a few days has led me to find your letter here with a delay that explains and excuses a late response dear sir. No, really, let me say instead of dear Sir, 'my dear friend' in memory of my fraternal friendship for your dear father and of our first meeting, when I was barely 2 months old and I already possessed my 27 years!!!! Alas, I cannot respond as you wish and as I would like to your question about this mysterious matter. I will work on the dessert. Which ends Léon Bloy's letter.

I remember perfectly that dinner which indeed took place at Gustave de Malherbe's. The "beast" that was devoured at this meal was a poultry sent from Geneva to Bloy by his friend Louis Montal, whom he nicknamed "my blond negro." I attended this dinner which was also participated in by your father: Huÿsmans, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, and J. The only contribution that marked the dessert came from Rosny to whom we owed a session of phrenology during which we were classified, some among the gorillas and others among the chimpanzees. But as for the "work" announced by Léon Bloy's letter, I have no memory of it, and it must be believed that, in my mind, this "work" must have consisted of the grandiloquent criticism of some notorious contemporary. Nevertheless, you could write to G. Italienia Guéthary (Basses Pyrénées) who has precise memories of all these past events that I am sure he would gladly recall to inform you. Please also convey to your dear mother the fraternal condolences we shared in her sorrow. Remind her of us in her best memories as well as those of Monsieur Jean de Fleury and please believe, my dear friend, in the sincere expression of my affectionate feelings. Gustave Guiches As for the little boy whom Bloy mentions in one of his letters, I absolutely do not know what has become of him, but I believe that Malherbe could inform you.

" Carefully sent, returns accepted Gustave Guiches, Gustave GUICHES, letter, autograph, signed, manuscript, naturalism, French literature, 1931, Paris, Lorrez-le-Bocage.