Autograph letter signed by Lucien Daudet addressed to Lucien Descaves; two pages written in black ink on a sheet of blue paper. Folds inherent to mailing.
Fine letter discussing Alexandre Arnoux, talent and the Prix Goncourt: "Alexandre Arnoux est un écrivain comparable a Vallery (sic) Larbaud, c'est-à-dire un homme remarquable à qui a manqué on ne sait quelle chance ou quelle ambition. [...] Quelquefois je m'imagine ce que devrait être l'Académie Goncourt, dans son véritable esprit Goncourt, et son prestige ici et en Europe, si les Dix étaient vous, mon frère, Claudel, Gide, Max Jacob, Cendrars, Malraux, Neveux, etc." ["Alexandre Arnoux is a writer comparable to Vallery (sic) Larbaud, that is to say a remarkable man who lacked we know not what chance or what ambition. [...] Sometimes I imagine what the Goncourt Academy should be, in its true Goncourt spirit, and its prestige here and in Europe, if the Ten were you, my brother, Claudel, Gide, Max Jacob, Cendrars, Malraux, Neveux, etc."]Alphonse Daudet, Lucien's father, was the first president of the Goncourt Academy in 1897.