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Lettre autographe signée de Théophile Gautier à sa femme Ernesta

S. n.|s. l. S.d. (ca 1866)|11.50 x 17.50 cm|en feuilles

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Très importante lettre de 3 pages, à l'écriture serrée, à sa compagne Ernesta, dans laquelle il lui fait part de sa franche hostilité à l'égard de son futur gendre Catulle Mendès.
Théophile Gautier reproche à Ernesta, sur un ton acerbe, l'attachement de leur fille Judith à l'écrivain.
Cette histoire d'amour et leur projet de mariage déplaisait en effet souverainement à Théophile Gautier. Elle entraîna la séparation des parents de Judith, car Ernesta soutenait sa fille, comme en témoigne cette lettre: "...la démarche très grave que tu as prise sur toi de recevoir à la maison M. Catulle Mendès en mon absence". Le mariage eut lieu, hors de la présence de Théophile, en 1866 ("Judith se perdra par sa volonté, non par la mienne"). Ce dernier savait, par son enquête personnelle, que Catulle Mendès était un personnage de très mauvaise vie, et il avait prévu que le mariage, "cet acte de démence", n'apporterait que le malheur à sa fille. C'est ce qui arriva en effet. Il précise même : "je ne parle pas de moi dont vous ne tenez aucun compte et sur le cœur duquel vous marchez avec une tranquillité effrayante".
La lettre se termine par ces mots : "Je vous embrasse le cœur navré".
Les mouillures présentes sur la lettre, qui ont fait couler l'encre par endroit, seraient dues aux larmes même de Judith. Cela est mentionné sur une facture jointe, datée de 1941, dans laquelle il est dit que cette précision a été donnée par la famille Gautier elle-même.
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  • author:
    GAUTIER Théophile
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    s. n.
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    s. l.
  • Year:
    S.d. (ca 1866)
  • Dimensions:
    11.50 x 17.50 cm
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Théophile GAUTIER • Lettre autographe signée de Théophile Gautier à sa femme Ernesta • Autograph • 1866
Théophile GAUTIER • Lettre autographe signée de Théophile Gautier à sa femme Ernesta • Autograph • 1866
Théophile GAUTIER • Lettre autographe signée de Théophile Gautier à sa femme Ernesta • Autograph • 1866
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