STENDHAL - Autograph letter signed to his sister Pauline
STENDHAL (Henri BEYLE) (Grenoble 1783 - Paris 1842), French writer
Autograph letter signed "HB" to his sister Pauline. Vienna October 18, 1809; 2 ½ in-4 pages. Slight wetting
The young Stendhal in search of social advancement covets a position of Auditor at the Council of State through his cousins Daru, but his ambition does not distract him from his growing search for
happiness through the arts "Beylism":
"First the official. The letter should be addressed to Mal (Martial Daru), in Paris. 2 ° To weigh a lot on the enormous difference of the place of A (auditor) to that of C (commissioner), because
from here to the reception the chance can play me the turn of making me C (commissioner). 3 ° Keep away from the idea that this new attempt comes from me; to make the good and old reasoning: "When I
asked you for the place of A (auditor), three years ago, you said: I will do it on the spot, which he would only succeed after having been two or three years A (auditor). »Talk about Mr. D (Noël
Daru) the father who, indeed, if he lived, would help us. 4 ° To exaggerate a little the force of the protection Charpentier, even if he is already deceased. 5 ° Instead of 6.530, 7.530, which will
look more natural. These are the only improvements that came to my mind. Do it all very promptly and secretly. Here is a letter which I am writing to a friend in Naples, and which once written struck
me as a fairly true portrait of my bad side. Read it and have it mailed to Naples. Get my books out of the chest of drawers that contain them. Have good John remove the dust from them and have them
locked up carefully. I would be in despair to lose a single one. I intend to read them with you in my room at Claix. Put on it a paper of good taste, above all simple and of a soft color for the
sight that I constantly lose. There, when a black breeze prevents us from walking, we will read them near a bonfire, completely forgetting all the nonsense of advancement and fortune, because nothing
is truer than these verses: I read at the forehead of those that a vain luxury surrounds That fortune sells what one believes it gives. It is as accurate as a geometric description. [La Fontaine's
fable "Philemon and Baucis"] "
After obtaining a prize in Mathematics at the Ecole Centrale de Grenoble, Stendhal left his hometown, which he hated, to try the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in October 1799. Preferring to seduce
women and write comedies, desperate and penniless, he was taken in by his Daru cousins who directed him to a post at the Ministry of War through Pierre Daru, then secretary general. In June 1800, the
battle of Marengo made him discover Italy, he fell under the spell of Naples. On May 12, 1809, Napoleon entered Vienna, Stendhal then passed under the orders of Martial Daru, intendant of the
province of Vienna. In August 1810, he was appointed Auditor at the Council of State, a post of high responsibility, which raised him socially, however, money did not satisfy his boredom, he
preferred to escape through the arts in search of happiness. which he defined in March 1811 as "Beylisme".
Letter referenced in correspondence
Autograph letter signed "HB" to his sister Pauline. Vienna October 18, 1809; 2 ½ in-4 pages. Slight wetting
The young Stendhal in search of social advancement covets a position of Auditor at the Council of State through his cousins Daru, but his ambition does not distract him from his growing search for
happiness through the arts "Beylism":
"First the official. The letter should be addressed to Mal (Martial Daru), in Paris. 2 ° To weigh a lot on the enormous difference of the place of A (auditor) to that of C (commissioner), because
from here to the reception the chance can play me the turn of making me C (commissioner). 3 ° Keep away from the idea that this new attempt comes from me; to make the good and old reasoning: "When I
asked you for the place of A (auditor), three years ago, you said: I will do it on the spot, which he would only succeed after having been two or three years A (auditor). »Talk about Mr. D (Noël
Daru) the father who, indeed, if he lived, would help us. 4 ° To exaggerate a little the force of the protection Charpentier, even if he is already deceased. 5 ° Instead of 6.530, 7.530, which will
look more natural. These are the only improvements that came to my mind. Do it all very promptly and secretly. Here is a letter which I am writing to a friend in Naples, and which once written struck
me as a fairly true portrait of my bad side. Read it and have it mailed to Naples. Get my books out of the chest of drawers that contain them. Have good John remove the dust from them and have them
locked up carefully. I would be in despair to lose a single one. I intend to read them with you in my room at Claix. Put on it a paper of good taste, above all simple and of a soft color for the
sight that I constantly lose. There, when a black breeze prevents us from walking, we will read them near a bonfire, completely forgetting all the nonsense of advancement and fortune, because nothing
is truer than these verses: I read at the forehead of those that a vain luxury surrounds That fortune sells what one believes it gives. It is as accurate as a geometric description. [La Fontaine's
fable "Philemon and Baucis"] "
After obtaining a prize in Mathematics at the Ecole Centrale de Grenoble, Stendhal left his hometown, which he hated, to try the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in October 1799. Preferring to seduce
women and write comedies, desperate and penniless, he was taken in by his Daru cousins who directed him to a post at the Ministry of War through Pierre Daru, then secretary general. In June 1800, the
battle of Marengo made him discover Italy, he fell under the spell of Naples. On May 12, 1809, Napoleon entered Vienna, Stendhal then passed under the orders of Martial Daru, intendant of the
province of Vienna. In August 1810, he was appointed Auditor at the Council of State, a post of high responsibility, which raised him socially, however, money did not satisfy his boredom, he
preferred to escape through the arts in search of happiness. which he defined in March 1811 as "Beylisme".
Letter referenced in correspondence
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