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Ferdinand FABRE

(1827-1898), writer. Set of 8 autograph letters and 2 autograph cards, all signed, including 4 addressed to the editor-in-chief of "Voltaire", Alexandre Hepp, giving an insight into the writer's character. Dated December 20, 85: "I can't tell you how touched I was by your very kind article yesterday in Le Matin... The new generation, I suspect, will know me better than my own generation, which is bent on reproaching me for the severity of my work, the harshness of my character, and the isolation of my life.... What pleasures, sometimes to the point of rapture, did I not derive from my secret, buried work! The others made noise... on the literary boulevard, but I passed unnoticed". Dated December 28, 1886: "The more I try to know myself, the less I discover the qualities necessary for a journalist (...) An article I am not capable of; but a book, perhaps...". Encloses 8 stamped envelopes.

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