LOUYS, Pierre - Lot 441

Lot 441
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LOUYS, Pierre - Lot 441
LOUYS, Pierre Meeting of 40 autograph letters. 1884-1917. Approximately 170 p. in-12 (including 2 pneumatic cards and 3 smaller cards) and 3 p. in-8, on different papers, a few envelopes preserved. Beautiful reunion of letters from Pierre Louÿs (some signed "Pierrot") to his brother (36 letters) or his father (4 letters). The correspondence is divided into two periods: letters of youth, from 1884 to 1889, then from 1896 to 1917. To his brother, about a trip to Europe that they had to make together: "I would like to go where there are no spyglass sellers, where there are no funicular ascents and where there is not an English hotel with gas spouts on top of the mountains. "He describes his activities in detail, especially his reading: "I started Salammbô last night. I don't blame you until I'm done. So far I find it delightful"; "I'm reading Anna Karenina. Admirable, admirable. I read the scene from the ball. "He gives her news of the various members of the family and confides to her, in a 20-page letter about his stay in Limé (September 1888): "I have great news to tell you, which will decide the happiness of my life: I am getting married. "(This marriage will not take place.) A letter is decorated with an ink drawing of the lake of Longemer. With his father, it is a recurring concern for his father's health that he shares, but especially his school results and his anxiety about his schoolwork and exams in general. Later, it was his moods, his difficulties in living and in making choices that he confided to his brother: "Because I don't know how to live, or if you like it better, because I'm not interested, and I'm even less interested in others. ...] For eleven years now, I have felt tenderness building up in me for someone who never comes. During these eleven years, I have loved four women: one, after having left her; another, after she died; and two others that I never had. "And, of course, his writing work: "My plans for this
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