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"Yvonne and Simone are the two sides of this unique world [that of Wanderer] where the real and the dream clash, exchange their prestige, are emerging from the mist fatal passwords, dazzling sesame to translate to closer to what happens between the mortal and the immortal "

"L'omelette. Tartine littéraire, critique et nourrissante" written by "Whoever" and published in 1868 by Armand Leo, announces its program from the motto: "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. - And so, we shall break them on everyone's head."

When he published in 1912 his third book of poetry, The Dance of Sophocles, Jean Cocteau, young prodigy, 23, is adored by artistic and literary circles. Proust intimate friend of Jacques-Emile Blanche, Nijinsky and Diaghilev faithful and disciple of Anna de Noailles, his ambition is to unite in his person all the talent around him ... [Full story]

"Unless we assume that civilization suddenly stops, no one can say that our language will not undergo further processing." To predict these changes, Leon Bollack offers in 1903, more than a "language astrology," a comprehensive study of the "forces that will shape the future constitution of the French language" and "probable result".

Without the letter "A" ...

Illustrated with two reproductions of portraits of the inventors of foie gras: NF Dean & JP Clause.

Baroness Margaret Harty Aimery Pierrebourg, wife and mistress letter of Paul Hervieu, ran a brilliant literary Salon. Regularly frequented by Proust "Salon Avenue wood" was a melting pot of many psychological portraits Research.

Or ... how the passion of Victor Hugo for his mistress reflected in the autograph items he addressed him intimately to his passion for the political struggles and the humanistic causes.

We note and point out to our readers an article by Pierre Assouline in the Republic of Letters on the output of Blanchot Editions de l'Herne "[...] My natural worn palimpsest suffered a setback from the start of Blanchot (397 pages, 39 euros, Herne): In the first article on the workshop of the writer, Eric Hoppenot, one of two contractors with the collection Rabaté Dominique says that throughout his long life player, Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003) has always refused to add anything to his hand in the book of another.