78 - JANKÉLÉVITCH (Vladimir). Signed autograph letter to his daughter Sophie. No place, no date. One page, 1/4 in-8, on printed letterhead from the Sorbonne’s Faculty of Letters and Humanities.

JANKÉLÉVITCH (Vladimir). Signed autograph letter to his daughter Sophie. No place, no date. One page, 1/4 in-8, on printed letterhead from the Sorbonne’s Faculty of Letters and Humanities. “My dear little girl, I am ashamed that I did not reply to your letter from Milan. I have been going through a very difficult time, plagued by increasingly excruciating rheumatism. I beg you, write back to me very soon to ease my anxiety. Three weeks of silence is a heavy burden for MY CHRONIC ANXIETY... Have you started working—working on your book... As for me, I’ve done nothing but mope in panic over your absence. My dear little darling, I’ve written several letters to your address in Milan. I’m afraid the Milanese heat may have unsettled you as well, robbing you of both the means and the desire to write back to me. Here we think of you—and you alone—with fervor, hoping that this silence will end soon. I THINK OF YOU, MY DEAR LITTLE FAIRY, AND OF EVERYTHING I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU. IT IS FAR TOO LATE NOW TO FILL THIS ABSURD SILENCE. How can I now make amends and fill this silence... Write to us very soon—perhaps by then I will have finished my own letter, which is lying on my desk, and which I can’t quite seem to finish. ” VLADIMIR JANKELEVITCH’S LETTERS ARE RARE, AND HIS INTIMATE ONES ARE EXCEPTIONAL.