Léon DAUDET (1867-1942) Autograph manuscript signed, Les Deux étreintes, contemporary novel, 1900; 383 pages in-fol. (1st and last ff crumpled and browned). Complete manuscript of this novel in 12 chapters, the last titled "Journal d'Henriette". Signed at the end and dated October 11, 1900, it is written in black ink on the front of the leaves, and presents erasures and corrections and marginal additions; it is paginated in blue pencil. The novel was published in 1900 by Fasquelle, dated 1901. "Henriette, daughter of a famous philosopher, promised to a very talented clinician, gives herself to a married man, amateur musician, with frivolous morals. Their affair will be stormy and, in the end, Henriette will marry the clinician" (F. Broche). The plot takes place in Paris, the Midi, London and Holland.