Louise MICHEL - Autograph letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.

Louise MICHEL (1830.1905)

Autograph letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.  

Three pages in-8°. Co-written with her friend Charlotte Vauvelle. London, April 15 [18]93.

“The great human herd is terribly patient. »

Beautiful two-handed letter, written with her friend and companion Charlotte Vauvelle, about the reading of Charlotte Brontë distracting Louise Michel from the throes of the social situation.

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“Dear comrade Alexandre Roy, Your novel Jane Eyre is charming in that it is deeply felt. I read it with such pleasure that I momentarily forgot the boredom of living in current circumstances. It's not that I'm discouraged, but I find that the great human herd is terribly patient. We have gone a long time without writing to you since Charlotte has been very ill. She's just starting to get a little better. I'll give him a little space to write to you..."

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Louise Michel finally thanks her correspondent for sending photographs and leaves the pen to Charlotte Vauvelle: “Dear Monsieur Alexandre Roy, my letter would be very long if I told you all my impressions about Jane Eyre. The one that dominates has been tenderness. It seems to me that after reading this book, you feel a little better..."