Lettre autographe à un critique et ami

Letter dated March 22, 1809 and signed Aris. ns (Aristénète). Felix Nogaret. 3 pages.
Request from the writer in favor of an article that would open the doors of the theater to him and could lift him out of his misery. The writer, speaking of himself under the pseudonym Aristénète, evokes his poverty and his situation. After 36 years in service to the king's ministry, he was indeed dismissed by Fouché and his pension reduced. Nogaret evokes the literary world of his time and some colleagues, accusing a certain Guillard of having plagiarized Hoffmann. In this letter, Nogaret clearly asks for help for literary work, begging for some recommendation. Aristénète was the title of his collection of short stories published in 1807, it was also the title of a theatrical play: Aristénète au vaudeville.