19 letters found

1. 568 Vincent van Gogh and Andries Bonger to Theo van Gogh. Paris, on or about Wednesday, 18 August 1886.

   in note 3:

   ...rtitude with the cry: ‘we must cultivate our own garden’ (il faut cultiver notre jardin).Candide

2. 574 To Willemien van Gogh. Paris, late October 1887.

   in note 4:

   See for Voltaire’s Candide: letter 568, n. 3.Candide

3. 579 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 24 February 1888.

   in note 2:

   ...ad the book because of what Vincent said about it in his previous letter to her (letter 574).Candide

4. 637 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 July 1888.

   in note 9:

   See for this quotation from Voltaire’s Candide: letter 568, n. 3.Candide

5. 638 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 July 1888.

   in note 16:

   The philosopher Pangloss is a character in Voltaire’s Candide; see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

6. 656 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 6 August 1888.

   in note 1:

   See letter 568, n. 3, for this quotation from Voltaire’s Candide. Candide

7. 673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.

   in note 9:

   See letter 568, n. 3, for Voltaire’s Candide.Candide

8. 683 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.

   in note 33:

   ...t Contes. Ed. Frédéric Deloffre and Jacques van den Heuvel. Paris 1979, chapter 30, p. 233.Candide

9. 701 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 10 or Thursday, 11 October 1888.

   in note 5:

   See letter 568, n. 3, for this allusion to Voltaire’s Candide.Candide

10. 730 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Friday, 4 January 1889.

    in note 1:

    For this quotation from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

11. 732 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.

    in note 4:

    ...g about is ‘El Dorado’, described in Candide. Regarding this novel, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

12. 743 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889.

    in note 19:

    For this quotation from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

13. 760 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 21 April 1889.

    in note 7:

    For the philosopher Pangloss from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

14. 764 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between about Sunday, 28 April and Thursday, 2 May 1889.

    in note 7:

    For the philosopher Pangloss from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

15. 765 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 30 April 1889.

    in note 5:

    For the philosopher Pangloss from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

    in note 18:

    For this quotation from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, 3.Candide

16. 768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.

    in note 7:

    ...ossible worlds’ (tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes). See letter 568, n. 3.Candide

17. 772 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 9 May 1889.

    in note 8:

    For this quotation from Voltaire’s Candide, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

18. 783 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 25 June 1889.

    in note 7:

    ...ire’s view is moderately optimistic: evil and the absurdity of chance only seem to prevail.Candide

19. 785 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.

    in note 12:

    An allusion to the end of Voltaire’s Candide. Regarding this novel, see letter 568, n. 3.Candide

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1. Chronology

   in 1889:

   ...eatedly refers to Flaubert’s Bouvard et Pécuchet and Voltaire’s Candide (e.g. 669, 764).Candide

   ...nd reads Shakespeare’s history plays and Measure for measure (783, 785, 787).Zadig ou la destinée

   in 1886:

   ...ust #Cites from Voltaire’s Candide, which he had probably just finished reading (568).Candide