6 letters found

1. 783 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 25 June 1889.

   in note 5:

   The novel Le sens de la vie by Edouard Rod (1889) consists of four parts: ‘Mariage’, ‘PaternitÃ...

   in translation:

   ...ed, from one of our sisters probably, a book by Rod which is not bad but whose title, Le sens de la ...

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

   in note 1:

   For Rod’s Le sens de la vie, see letter 783, n. 5.

   in translation:

   ... my mind to write. I thank you and Lies for the Rod book which I’ve finished and which I’ll retu...

3. 797 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 22 August 1889.

   in note 13:

   Regarding Rod’s Le sens de la vie, see letter 783, n. 5. Van Gogh is referring to the passage in wh...

   in translation:

   Whilst not liking Rod’s book excessively, I’ve nevertheless done a canvas of that passage in whic...

4. 798 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 2 September 1889.

   in note 9:

   Regarding Rod’s Le sens de la vie, see letter 797, n. 13.

   in translation:

   ...which I did under the influence of that book by Rod. It would be good for me to stay on a farm for a...

5. 805 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 20 September 1889.

   in note 26:

   For Rod’s Le sens de la vie, see letter 783, n. 5; for the passage in question, see letter 797, n. ...

   in translation:

   ...t seemed to me that it expressed the passage in Rod’s book – one of the very rare passages of hi...

6. 890 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 23 June 1890.

   in note 1:

   ... a hut (F 622 / JH 1766), see letter 798, n. 8. For Rod’s Le sens de la vie, see letter 783, n. 5.

   in translation:

   ...t he preferred the canvas you did after reading Rod’s book, I told him that he could take that o...

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