BRETON André. Autograph letter signed to Theodore Fraenkel. - Lot 190

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BRETON André. Autograph letter signed to Theodore Fraenkel. - Lot 190
BRETON André. Autograph letter signed to Theodore Fraenkel. 4 pages in-8 on green paper, circa 1918. Important letter addressed to Théodore Fraenkel, a medical student like him, in which Breton already asserts his literary tastes and reports to Fraenkel on a conference on poetry. ... " I have begun to read an unspeakable book that I will certainly not finish: " La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret " by this swine of Zola. There, as elsewhere, the author wallows in the dung of the countryside". The "Stances" of Moréas were warmly applauded ... but the ballad of P. Fort was recited among the bursts of laughter, a long long ballad, chosen I do not know where, beautiful yet, but badly said ... when the ballad was finished the applause was isolated, but of an extreme violence. The applause was only in the foreground and in the orchestra. Needless to say, I stood up to applaud frantically at the great scandal of a huge person standing in front of me who had been laughing loudly all the time. The applause lasted more than a minute, a delicious minute I assure you. Then came the announced mimodrama, translated by Mallarmé, the most admirable part of the program... "
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