Augustine BROHAN (1824-1893) actress. 20 L.A.S., 1849-1861 and n.d., mostly to Michel ALTAROCHE; 20 pages in-8 or in-12, some addresses. In these letters, the actress confides with spirit: "If my wishes are listened to, one day I will be I don't know which Madame, I will have children whom I will love because I have the hump of maternal love, I will have a husband who will love me and whom I will take great care of because I will esteem him and I will no longer be in the theater, because I hate it. This is my dream. Will it come true? I don't know"... And also: "Yes, I love the fields, I love grass and flowers, I love music, these are my passions, I can trust these, I am sure that I will not miss the sun, the grass and the flowers. [...] I like to wander. Sometimes I take my run, and one sees me only very late... There are so many delights in walking on the grass, the blue sky on your head and nothing in front of you but the fields. If there were no sun, no grass, no bells, I would want to die"... She is ill: "I caught a little chest flux while riding in the fields with a fog that probably came from London on purpose to make me sick"... She asks for two seats for the Opera: "I've just come back from a trip and I'd like to get my taste back". She tells us about her marriage: "I did not get married, because I hate this holy sacrament, but I did like it. I live with the person I have chosen, and I am very happy"... She counts on her correspondent for Sunday: "I wrote to invite them to Messrs Victor, Charles and Toto Hugo - Alex. Dumas - Méry - Mérimée and Théophyle Gautier "... Etc.