12 letters found

1. RM05 Pages sent to Theo with a story addressed to several writers and sundry quotations. Between May and June 1875.

   in note 6:

   ...e last Bretons) is the title of a book by Emile Souvestre. Van Gogh quotes from this book in letter ...

   in note 1:

   ...utation, date and signature are lacking, and Souvestre had already died in 1854). However, the appea...

   in translation:

   To Emile Souvestre.

2. 093 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 7 and Sunday, 8 October 1876.

   in note 3:

   E. Souvestre, Un philosophe sous les toits. New edition. Paris 1867, pp. 55-57 and pp. 8-9 (chapter 4...

   in note 2:

   Emile Souvestre, Un philosophe sous les toits. Journal d’un homme heureux. Paris 1850 (The philosop...

   in translation:

   Last night I opened that book by Souvestre again (Le philosophe sous les toits), and I found such a f...

   in note 25:

   Taken from Emile Souvestre, Les derniers Bretons (The last Bretons): ‘On connaît la vieille prièr...

3. 096 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Friday, 3 November 1876.

   in note 44:

   Translation of a quotation from Emile Souvestre, Les derniers Bretons; see letter 93, n. 25.

4. 118 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Thursday, 31 May 1877.

   in note 26:

   Taken from Emile Souvestre, Les derniers Bretons. Paris 1858, deuxième partie, pp. 216-217 (chap. 3,...

5. 120 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 12 June 1877.

   in note 25:

   The last line was taken from Emile Souvestre, Les derniers Bretons; see letter 93, n. 25.

6. 130 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 7 September 1877.

   in translation:

   ...rious bits of Bungener, Esquiros, Lamennais, Souvestre, Lamartine (Cromwell), and took pleasure in t...

7. 143 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 3 April 1878.

   in note 25:

   Taken from Emile Souvestre, Les derniers bretons. Paris 1858, vol. 2, p. 227: ‘O toilers! You lead ...

8. 155 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Tuesday, 22 and Thursday, 24 June 1880.

   in note 7:

   ... came across this saying in the passage from Souvestre, which he quotes later on in this letter (see...

   in translation:

   ...this subject, more or less. You’ll find in Souvestre’s Le philosophe sous les toits how a man of...

   in note 24:

   Emile Souvestre, Un philosophe sous les toits. Journal d’un homme heureux. Paris 1867. The quotatio...

9. 288 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 26 and Monday, 27 November 1882.

   in translation:

   ...me difference between him and Alph. Karr and Souvestre, for example, as between an Henry Monnier and...

10. 336 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 11 April 1883.

    in translation:

    ... family. They’re just like characters from Souvestre, say, or E. Frère. One sees more people like...

    ... this movement became popular in the days of Souvestre, Delaroche, Frère, Landelle &c., even though...

11. 783 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 25 June 1889.

    in translation:

    Anyway, I prefer Alphonse Karr, Souvestre, Droz, because it’s a bit more alive than this. It’s tr...

12. 785 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.

    in note 2:

    Regarding Souvestre’s Un philosophe sous les toits, see letter 93, n. 2.

    in translation:

    ... something which has a family resemblance to Souvestre’s Le philosophe sous les toits or with Mons...

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1. Chronology

   in 1876:

   October #Reads Souvestre’s Le philosophe sous les toits (93).