Marcel JOUHANDEAU - His love affair with Elise and his will. 1966

Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888.1979)

Autograph letter signed to Maurice Dalinval.

Three pages in-8°. October 20, 1966.

Letter signed twice.

“I have redone my will and agree to leave my bones in Paris . They will bury me with my other half, blessed with this perpetual caress. »

Beautiful letter from Jouhandeau evoking his fluctuating love affairs with Élise and consenting to be buried with her.

“Dear Maurice, I have just made a recruit: one of my former 3rd grade students ^is following up with me (…) you see that despite my upcoming 80th birthday, I am not losing my bearings . Since your visit, my wife has spoken of you and your wife with tenderness. Honeymoon: I redid my will and agree to leave my bones in Paris . They will bury me with my other half, blessed with this perpetual caress. My mother would not have approved of this posthumous divorce and I must say that I felt the impropriety of it. It is true that I had nothing to do with it. My doubts will make us walk beyond the grave. I'm not talking about "these gentlemen". Your old Master.”