Émile ZOLA. 4 L.A.S., Médan November 14-24, 1882, to a literary agent; 6pages in-8. About the Swedish translation of Au Bonheur des Dames. November 14. He is willing to sell for 550F "the right to translate my novel Au Bonheur des Dames into Swedish. I'll give you the first third of the manuscript these days, in exchange for the 550f. I will then give you the second third on December 20 and the third third on January 31. But you must agree not to begin publication in Swedish newspapers before December 16, the day after the first serial in Gil Blas. You will never go beyond this newspaper, and you will finish at the same time as it. Finally, you will not put the volume on sale there until the original text has been published here by Charpentier"... November 16th. "All I need is for the Swedish publisher to follow the publication in Gil Blas from day to day, without ever exceeding it, and not to publish the novel in volume until Gil Blas has finished it"... November 22nd. He sends "the first five chapters of Au Bonheur des Dames. The work should have fourteen [...] I will send you the rest, in accordance with our agreements". He gives "permission to translate Au Bonheur des Dames into Swedish, and to publish it in Sweden and Norway"... November 24th. "You were to try to find a buyer for the sale of the Danish translation. I know that my colleague and friend Alphonse Daudet has sold the translation of his next novel for five hundred francs to a Danish publisher. I'll do the same for five hundred francs"...