Léon DAUDET (1867-1942) Autograph manuscript signed, Les Deux étreintes, contemporary novel, 1900; 383 fol. pages (1st and last ff frayed 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 pages, with erasures, corrections and marginal additions; it is paginated in blue pencil. The novel was published in 1900 by Fasquelle, dated 1901. "Henriette, the daughter of a renowned philosopher, promised to a highly talented clinician, gives herself to a married man, an amateur musician with frivolous morals. Their affair is stormy, and in the end, Henriette marries the clinician" (F. Broche). The plot takes place in Paris, the Midi, London and Holland.