Albert CAMUS (1913-1960). Typescript signed with autograph additions and corrections, [L'Été à Alger, 1937]; 12pages in-4 or in-fol. and 1page in-12. Working typescript of a complete chapter of Noces (Alger, Edmond Charlot, 1939); in the edition, it will be dedicated to Jacques Heurgon. This highly corrected typescript contains interesting variants. It was used for printing, with an indication that a particular passage "should be put in a note". Camus speaks of his love for Algiers: "These are often secret loves, those one shares with a city"... At the end of the first paragraph, Camus strikes out: "and having nothing to desire, he can then measure his present", and corrects: "and assured of his desires, he can then measure his riches". He describes the deserted city in summer, the baths at the port, the freedom of bodies golden and burnished under the sun, the white cubes of the Kasbah, the dance hall on Padovani beach, the neighborhood cinemas, the intensity of life of a "people without past, without tradition and yet not without poetry"... On page 11, on a small sheet of paper, Camus adds: "Everything that exalts life at the same time increases its absurdity. In the summer of Algeria, I learned that only one thing is more tragic than suffering, and that is the life of a happy man. But it can also be the path to a greater life, because it leads to not cheating. Former Jacques Millot collection (Bibliothèque du Professeur Millot, June 15, 1991, no. 44).