COULEVAIN (Pierre, 1838-1913, nom-de-plume of Mlle. Augustine Favre de Coulevain, French Writer)

Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, to an unnamed correspondent, thanking her "a thousand times" for her "floral memento", adding "If the good one does brought happiness you would have enough and to spare", and hoping the south of France "may help you to get over the crisis through which you are passing", Coulevain is completing " 'The Unknown Island' my notorious book on England" which has "grown enormously", whatever its reception "by English and French people ...when I lay down my pen I shall be conscious of having been fair and impartial. I doubt whether it will give as much pleasure as 'On the Branch' and yet it is stronger - in my view at least", ending "You have not been idle. You have not been useless ... the forces which govern us all are constantly using you without you knowing it ... I pray that all through this year they will bring you joy", 4 sides 8vo., Hotel Bellevue, Avenue de l'Opera, Paris, 3rd January two transparent tabs on fourth side, one just touching one letter

With two newspaper clippings recalling her character. She led a rather mysterious life and had two works, including 'Eve Victorieuse', crowned by the Académie. One clipping recalls her saying that "when she was writing ... Sur la Branche ... a spirit stood behind her dictating the whole work".

Item Date:  1906

Stock No:  52468      £225

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