SUE (Eugène, 1804-1857, French novelist),

Autograph note signed with initials, in French with translation, asking his correspondent to thank "Pauline for her regards", and hoping "she will be happy in marriage with the good fellow she has chosen and that her circumstances will remain as good as she finds them now", with a P.S. "My health is not very good but is holding out", 1 side 8vo., old identification in French at head, Annecy, 6th January

Sue served as a surgeon in Spain (1823) and at Navarino (1827). He wrote a great number of novels idealizing the poor, and had a profound influence on Victor Hugo, whose Les Misérables has much in common with Sue's Les Mystères de Paris (1843). A republican deputy in 1851, he was driven into exile and died at Annecy.

Item Date:  1855

Stock No:  51543      £175

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