Louise MICHEL – Autographed letter signed to comrade Alexandre Roy.

Louise MICHEL (1830.1905)

Autographed 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 has tremendous patience. "

A beautiful letter written jointly with her friend and companion Charlotte Vauvelle, about reading Charlotte Brontë, which distracted Louise Michel from the anguish of the social situation.

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“Dear comrade Alexandre Roy, Your novel Jane Eyre is charming in that it is so deeply felt. I read it with such pleasure that I momentarily forgot the tedium of living under the current circumstances. It's not that I'm discouraged, but I find that the great human herd has a terrible patience. We haven't written to you for a long time since Charlotte has been very ill. She is only now beginning to feel a little better. I'm giving her some space to write to you…”

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Louise Michel finally thanks her correspondent for sending photographs and hands the pen over to Charlotte Vauvelle: “Dear Mr. Alexandre Roy, my letter would be very long if I told you all my impressions about Jane Eyre. The dominant one was tenderness. It seems to me that after reading this book, one feels a little better…”