NERVAL Gérard de (1808-1855). - Lot 181

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NERVAL Gérard de (1808-1855). - Lot 181
NERVAL Gérard de (1808-1855). 11 L.A.S. "Gérard" (one "G" and one unsigned), [1840-1853], to Eugène de STADLER; 14 pages in-8 or in-12, 9 addresses (2 letters with small scotch repairs, a few small flaws). Friendly correspondence. [Eugène de STADLER (1815-1875), a chartist and literary scholar, was one of Nerval's close friends, whose hospitalization he paid for]. [August 1840?] "Decidedly I will not be able to go there. I am too overwhelmed by my article and the thing is too important. [...] If however... [...] but no, it is necessary to work. "Labor improbus a dishonest work omnia vincit". [Brussels] December 7 [1840]. "I am taken, my friend - I missed Girardin; my publisher is on the run; here I am in Brussels waiting for something. The worst thing is about the arguyot [the dramatic agent Guyot...] I gave him enough money this summer for him to calm down, especially since he cheated me out of a hundred francs that I paid too much in June - on which I would sue him in court for usury, if he played the bad guy. [...] Fortunately, I am starting to work again and I will be back in a few days, I hope, or I will still send about fifty books in two weeks. The betrayal of Girardin is the cause of all my misfortunes; yet what else could I do. I have traveled to find subjects for feuilletons and my money is stopped. [April 7, 1845]. "Here is your card that Toussenel gave me. See you tomorrow. [...] I do not believe that Théophile [Gautier, [Le Tricorne enchanté] is given". [30 May 1845, on the letterhead of the Revue pittoresque]. "I went to see you without finding you. I cannot meet you anymore, what is new in your passionate existence? Write me a word if you think of it and tell me the title and the name of the heraldic work that I saw at your place and that I believe is called Archives nobiliaires or otherwise in 8 volumes covered in yellow with labels"... [6 January 1852]. "Take the ten francs from Mr. Varin and go to Marc Fournier 200, rue du Temple, at the corner of the boulevard. Then you will take the ball ticket there and give it to Mirault where you will go. I am a little sick and at the Hotel de Normandie, rue du Chantre. [22 March 1852]. "Verteuil has registered you for Thursday (unless there is a change) with another one-act play; I told him that you had only one act, which made him decide. In addition, try to go tomorrow. I arrived on time because Tuesday [September 20, 1853]. "Come and dine at Blanche's on Thursday (the day after tomorrow). There will be Méry, Houssaye and Châtillon. Try to bring your music for Antoni [Deschamps]. Sunday evening. "And this city councilor? Did the ball put you to sleep until this evening? [...] If you have written something, the gold is waiting for you at the intermediary's"... Œuvres complètes (Pléiade, ed. Pichois), t. I, p. 1357, 1364, 1416, t. II, p. 1297, 1298, 1302; t. III, p. 794, 795, 810.
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