Autograph Letter Signed “Ton G” to Louise Colet
$29,000 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books
” I had crafted something comical, a stylistic movement of such beauty that it moved me to tears for two hours. You must draw inspiration from the soul of humanity, not your own. “Ah the torments of style!” AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER TO LOUISE COLET DURING THE FINAL DAYS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH INSIGHTS INTO HIS PHILOSOPHY OF WRITING, THE COMPLETION OF MADAME BOVARY, AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS “MUSE”.
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