Pierre LOUŸS. 9 L.A.S. or L.A., [ca. 1910-1920], to his cous - Lot 223

Pierre LOUŸS. 9 L.A.S. or L.A., [ca. 1910-1920], to his cousin René Maldan; 30 pages various sizes, a few envelopes (3 mourning paper letters, qqs small defects). About Maldan's chance meeting with a lady in Épernay who knew their family. - In 1910, Captain Maldan, "lieber Renatus!" is at Verdun, but he sends a postcard from Versailles; Louÿs (de Tamaris) is astonished by it in an amusing mixture of French and German. - January 30 [1915], he is indignant that a family letter has been unsealed by military censors. - [1916?]. Curious letter to "Commandant" Maldan about the ease of obtaining "noodles" when he can't get oil! - On the success of Aphrodite: he did not want to write twenty Aphrodite, nor to write a sequel that would have earned him 3 million; he refused: "Because money disgusts me. On December 7, 1898, I wrote to someone that I had made my choice. Was it love? Not at all. Heredia had ruined himself to the last penny, the day before"; and he returns to the causes of his marriage and Heredia's ruin. - April 24, 1918. He is convinced that he is being spied on, and would like to approach the Sûreté Générale. January 1920, he recalls the death of his sister Lucie.