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162 - ZOLA, Émile (1840–1902).
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ZOLA, Émile (1840–1902). Autograph letter signed “Émile Zola,” Médan, June 16, 1882, to Joris-Karl HUYSMANS; 1½ pages, in-8. Description: He expresses concern for Huysmans’s health, as he has the flu. He then mentions his upcoming novel, *Au Bonheur des Dames*: “Nothing new here. I’ve thrown myself into my novel, of which I’ve already written about sixty pages. According to my calculations, I should be finished by the end of December. And here I am at my loom like a weaver, doing my bit of work every morning. It’s going well, by the way.” And he asks Huysmans: “And you—are you working? Are you happy? But what I want to know most of all is that you’re feeling better. Isn’t that right? When you’re bedridden, you’d gladly send all literary glory to the devil, on the sole condition of being able to get up and no longer suffer”…
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