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Paul LÉAUTAUD (1872-1956). L.A.S., October 26, 1939, to a friend; 1 page in-8 on the letterhead of Mercure de France. At the beginning of the "phoney war". He evokes the "stagnation" at the Mercure: "We are, therefore, also victims of the war. [...] We don't know, with this curious war, where we are going. How do you get bored, if you work? For me, life in the provinces has always seemed full of charms. I would have liked to be a writer in a county town, busy with local things, who is a great man in the region. That's what we both needed. We missed our lives"...
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Paul LÉAUTAUD (1872-1956). L.A.S., October 26, 1939, to a friend; 1 page in-8 on the letterhead of Mercure de France. At the beginning of the "phoney war". He evokes the "stagnation" at the Mercure: "We are, therefore, also victims of the war. [...] We don't know, with this curious war, where we are going. How do you get bored, if you work? For me, life in the provinces has always seemed full of charms. I would have liked to be a writer in a county town, busy with local things, who is a great man in the region. That's what we both needed. We missed our lives"...
