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« vous m’avez fait venir des larmes aux yeux » Victor Hugo

Name: "You brought tears to my eyes." - Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo (Besançon, 1802/1885)

French poet and writer, member of the French Academy (1841).

Document type: Autographed signed letter

Number of documents: 1 - Number of pages: 1 p. - Format: In-8

Location: Sl

Date : S.d. "samedi soir" [vers 1875]

Destinataire : Émile Augier

Etat : Pliures centrales

Description :

Puissante et touchante lettre de Victor Hugo, adressée à son confrère le poète et dramaturge Émile Augier (1820-1889) :

" Vous avez été bon et grand, vous m’avez fait venir des larmes aux yeux, à moi qui depuis mes dernières larmes - pro meis, hélas ! - ne croyais plus devoir pleurer. Voulez-vous venir dîner avec moi jeudi prochain 11 mars, (à sept heures 1/2), je voudrais prendre vos mains dans les miennes ".

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« vous m’avez fait venir des larmes aux yeux » Victor Hugo

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