ZOLA Emile, By E. A. VIZETELLYLivre Rare Book
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A very moving letter almost entirely unpublished written at the end of the Rougon-Macquart saga – Zola explains that he no longer owns his books once published and evokes with a superb metaphor what they represent years later. The writer expresses with relevance and sensitivity the distance he feels from his books once all published. This letter offers a more general reflection on the author’s relationship to his work.
1893Best.-Nr. ZOLA3ZOLA Emile 1840-1902 Autograph letter signed " Emile Zola " to a colleague Paris 12th November 1893 1 p. 1/2 in-8 Usual fold marks some tiny spots A very moving letter almost entirely unpublished written at the end of the Rougon-Macquart saga – Zola explains that he no longer owns his books once published and evokes with a superb metaphor what they represent years later. The writer expresses with relevance and sensitivity the distance he feels from his books once all published. This letter offers a more general reflection on the author's relationship to his work. " Mon cher confrère Je ne préfère aucune de mes œuvres. Dans chacune j'aime mieux certaines pages celles où j'ai dit nettement ce que je voulais dire : voilà tout. Lorsque j'ai terminé un livre et que je l'ai donné au public il n'existe plus pour moi. Toute ma passion tombe et j'en commence un autre pour lequel je me passionne jusqu'à ce qu'il soit aux autres. Il faut que je fasse un effort lorsque je veux me souvenir des romans hélas ! trop nombreux que j'ai écrits. Ce sont comme des tombes de parents et d'amis autrefois bien chers sur lesquelles il me serait trop triste d'aller m'attendrir. Cordialement à vous. Emile Zola " The Rougon-Macquart saga came to an end with the publication by Charpentier of Docteur Pascal in the spring of 1893. Among the most famous of the saga are Germinal Nana and L'Assommoir. A total of twenty novels were written and published between 1870 and 1893. Zola is probably responding here to a fellow journalist wishing to make an article on the whole saga and what it represents in the eyes of the novelist. A summary of the letter and the quotation of a sentence are published in Volume VIII of the correspondence from an extract from the catalogue: "They are like graves of relatives and friends …" – This comparison illustrates the sadness that emanates from the moving statement and what Zola's works represent for Zola himself. Personification of books or metonymy designating the characters to whom the author gave life the "tombs" of course refer to death. References: Extr. cat. libr. Charavay n° 6599 Corr. t. VIII Presses de l'Université de Montréal / Editions du CNRS 1991
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