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3 - BARBEY D’AUREVILLY, Jules (1808–1889).
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BARBEY D’AUREVILLY, Jules (1808–1889). Autograph letter signed “Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly,” Monday morning [late December 1853, to Armand DUTACQ]; 1 page, in-8. Note: He sends his friend (editor—among other roles—of the daily newspaper *Le Pays*) a comedy “in case *Le Pays* were to publish such material.” I need not tell you that it is not mine and that I do not recommend it in the least. I merely say to Mr. Cohen: ‘If it suits you, take it.’ If it does not suit you, my task will be done, and you will return the manuscript to me.” He asks that he finally be given the box “promised by that monster Hostein, with his fanciful promises,” so he can go see *Les Cosaques*, but there’s no rush, “since my wives will be absorbed by the observances of Holy Week and are now interested only in sermons.” And he adds: “You’ll see me in a few days with Balzac to the hilt”… General Correspondence 1853/35.
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