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345 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Monday, 21 May 1883.
in translation:
... Dickens – figure painter books. Will send you Erckmann-Chatrian, Histoire d’un paysan to read.
...s full knowledge of their work? I think that the same applies to Michelet and Erckmann-Chatrian too.
in note 5:
Erckmann-Chatrian, Histoire d’un paysan (1868) is a four-volume work about the French Revolution an...
062 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 13 December 1875.
in translation:
...feelings and with a calmer heart. I like Erckmann-Chatrian very much, you know that. Do you know L�...
in note 4:
The novel L’ami Fritz by Erckmann-Chatrian; see letter 55, n. 24.
265 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 17 or Monday, 18 September 1882.
in translation:
...and then those generals, just exactly as Erckmann-Chatrian describes it in Madame Thérèse. It gave...
... I’ve been reading Les deux frères by Erckmann-Chatrian, which is quite beautiful. It was certain...
in note 14:
Les deux frères (1873) by Erckmann-Chatrian is about two wealthy brothers in a village in the...
in note 7:
...iting duo (Charles) Alexandre Chatrian and Emile Erckmann there is a scene in which the village docto...
...lontaires de 92 by the writing duo (Charles) Alexandre Chatrian and Emile Erckmann there is a scene ...
723 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Saturday, 1 December 1888.
in translation:
Very interesting that you met Chatrian. Is he blond or dark? I’d like to know that, since I know th...
in note 11:
Regarding Erckmann-Chatrian’s Madame Thérèse and L’ami Fritz, see letter 55, n. 24. The novel H...
in note 10:
...ortraits in circulation of the writing duo Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian. The latter had dark...
...on of the writing duo Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian. The latter had dark hair (See Nouveau di...
290 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 3 December 1882.
in translation:
...le Schuler, who illustrated the works of Erckmann-Chatrian. One clearly sees from those small illust...
in note 11:
...ile Schuler illustrated various books by Erckmann-Chatrian. Those mentioned in the correspondence ar...
312 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 11 February 1883.
in translation:
...ition. Have you read Madame Thérèse by Erckmann-Chatrian? There’s a description of a woman recov...
in note 10:
...ng are described movingly and in detail. Erckmann-Chatrian heralds the final recovery as follows: �...
055 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 11 October 1875.
in note 24:
The French writers’ duo Erckmann-Chatrian, very popular in those days, was formed by (Charles) Alex...
...formed by (Charles) Alexandre Chatrian and Emile Erckmann. Nineteenth-century critics praised their e...
...opular in those days, was formed by (Charles) Alexandre Chatrian and Emile Erckmann. Nineteenth-centu...
in translation:
...or something to that effect. Do you know Erckmann-Chatrian, Le conscrit, Waterloo, and especially L�...
738 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 19 January 1889.
in translation:
...here, by whom the Parthenon was illuminated, &c. &c. If Chatrian, whom you met, had seen that man...
in note 8:
...lexandre Chatrian, of the writers’ duo Erckmann-Chatrian. Theo had told Vincent about his meeting ...
Alexandre Chatrian, of the writers’ duo Erckmann-Chatrian. Theo had told Vincent about his meeting ...
292 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 10 December 1882.
in translation:
Long, long ago, in L’ami Fritz by Erckmann-Chatrian, I read a remark by the old rabbi that has ofte...
in note 5:
...ites a little later) in L’ami Fritz by Erckmann-Chatrian. They discuss the question whether one sh...
354 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Friday, 15 June 1883.
in translation:
...ough them at your leisure. And shall add Erckmann-Chatrian, Histoire d’un paysan illustrated by Sc...
I do think you’ll find the Erckmann-Chatrian beautiful.
359 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 3 July 1883.
in translation:
Most interesting to hear him on Erckmann-Chatrian. Here he doesn’t lash out so wildly as when he ta...
...f egotism in most of the characters whose side Erckm. appears to choose, in the old Rabbi David and ...
...èse, I believe the somewhat egotistical Erckmann-Chatrian becomes sublime, and so for me he is extr...
in note 4:
Although Van Gogh here refers to Erckmann-Chatrian in the singular, he knew that they were a duo, as ...
in note 3:
...part of Mes haines included the essay ‘Erckmann-Chatrian’. The comments by Van Gogh that follow ...
089 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876.
in translation:
...it by Conscience, and Madame Therèse by Erckmann-Chatrian and Oudejaar by Jean Paul, which is enclo...
267 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 19 September 1882.
in translation:
...ed by other artists, namely writers like Erckmann-Chatrian and Auerbach. Yes, the Italians are most ...
... at Dr Wagner’s in Madame Thérèse by Erckmann-Chatrian. I know that you didn’t greatly appreci...
in note 12:
For the scene in Erckmann-Chatrian’s Madame Thérèse, in which Dr. Wagner is questioned by an offi...
in note 4:
...oned are also found in the folk tales of Erckmann-Chatrian and Auerbach. They worked together: Théo...
276 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 29 October 1882.
in translation:
...hat’s too much for one person (such as Erckmann-Chatrian in their works or The Graphic draughtsm...
135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
in translation:
...ined from it. The illustrated edition of Erckmann-Chatrian also contains many illustrations by him. ...
in note 36:
... make any illustrations for the books by Erckmann-Chatrian. Van Gogh’s mistake was probably prompt...
274 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 22 October 1882.
in translation:
...es in the Champs Elysées (an illustration for Balzac), although the drawing wasn’t that important....
...on days when one is feeling weak. And those of Balzac and Zola among the French writers just as much....
in note 3:
...walking stick) for the story ‘Ferragus’ in Balzac’s Histoire des Treize. Ill. 54. It appeared i...

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