BIB_ID
444448
Accession number
MA 14427.1
Creator
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880, sender.
Display Date
Croisset, Canteleu, France, 1846 August 11
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (8 pages) ; 22.1 x 17.5 cm
Notes
Date and place of writing from Flaubert's "Correspondence" (Paris : Gallimard, 1973).
Dated "mardi dans l'après-midi"; a note in pen at upper right gives the date of the letter as "12 aout 1846", however, August 11 fell on a Tuesday in 1846, supporting the assumption that this was the date of writing.
Forms part of a collection of 15 letters from Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet (see MA 14427.1-15).
Dated "mardi dans l'après-midi"; a note in pen at upper right gives the date of the letter as "12 aout 1846", however, August 11 fell on a Tuesday in 1846, supporting the assumption that this was the date of writing.
Forms part of a collection of 15 letters from Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet (see MA 14427.1-15).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
A love letter in which he apologizes for having hurt her feelings, which he tries to justify by speaking of his difficult character and regrets for his past. He expresses the depth of his love for her, laying his soul bare. Speaks of her book Folles et Saintes (1844) and mentions her poems "Enthousiasme" and "A une amie" (both from Fleurs du midi, 1836). He includes a long excerpt from a letter he wrote to a friend.
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