Pierre LOUŸS. 4 L.A.S. "Pierre" or "P", and 2 L.A. (minutes) - Lot 145

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Pierre LOUŸS. 4 L.A.S. "Pierre" or "P", and 2 L.A. (minutes) - Lot 145
Pierre LOUŸS. 4 L.A.S. "Pierre" or "P", and 2 L.A. (minutes), 1909, to his brother Georges Louis; 16pages in-8 or in-12, 2 envelopes. Unpublished correspondence. - June]. Account of a boring dinner. - Tuesday [June 8]. Violent migraines from his wife Louise: "when I see her like today screaming and writhing on her bed, and screaming that she would rather have both hands crushed than suffer what she suffers... what can it be?"... - Sunday [June 13], about Gilbert de Voisins, who is leaving "for a long voyage of exploration in China"... - June 22]. Report on household expenses and costs... "I never gamble, neither on the Stock Exchange, nor at the races, nor at cards [...] I have no mistress, no stable, no cellar, no vice whatsoever". He would need a position in a library or museum, as other first-rate or "last-rate" writers have had... - [June 27]. As soon as Georges is appointed ambassador to Russia, he will have visits from Richepin, Hervieu, and G. Lecomte, on behalf of the Société des Auteurs and the Société des Gens de Lettres: "The Duma vote authorizing the Russians to play French authors for nothing, on the pretext that Russia is poor, has caused an enormous stir among these gentlemen"; if Georges succeeded in resolving this conflict, he would have the whole press on his side... - Saturday evening [November 13]. On his futile efforts and negotiations to get out of his financial impasse... Then he talks about his collaboration with Gémier to direct the play La Femme et le Pantin, but this will be for next year... "Tonight I look like a fisherman in the middle of a storm to whom someone would say: 'You're sinking. But don't complain. The weather will be fine on May 20"...
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