Beautiful youthful letter from André GIDE dedicated to literature. 1896.

Andre Gide (1869.1951).

Signed autograph letter.

Two pages in-8° on mourning paper. June 15, 1896.

Very beautiful letter from his youth, a few months after the death of his mother Juliette Gide.

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“Dear Sir, Here is the piece that you were kind enough to request from me for the twelfth month of your little poetic almanac. May she please you and not spoil your book too much. I am asking you please for a proof, before printing, to perhaps correct a few small imperfections and surely establish my text. Will you be kind enough to have it sent to the Château de la Roque Baignard , by Lambremer. Calvados. Please accept, Sir, all my thanks and believe in all my literary sympathy. »

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Returning to France in the spring of 1896, after his honeymoon with his cousin Madeleine, Gide learned that he had been elected mayor of La Roque Baignard. Although he conscientiously exercises his mandate, he refuses to engage in politics. During the summer, he wrote El Hadj which was published in the Revue du Centaure and completed Nourritures terrestriales . He was mayor of La Roque Baignard from 1896 to 1900, and owner of the castle (sold in 1900).