Joseph KESSEL – Autograph manuscript - Short story
Joseph KESSEL (1898 - 1979), French writer and journalist
Autograph manuscript. (Circa 1920); 12 octavo pages on school paper.
First draft manuscript, complete, including some crossings out and additions of words in ink and pencil. This is a rare youthful short story, by a budding writer in his twenties, where the future great novelist is already taking shape, narrating with irony the adventures of the young Regnon, named Regnol at the beginning of the text, tutor in the Dupaton family. Three or four years later, the young Kessel, aged 25, would publish his first great literary success, L'Équipage.
The story begins on a beautiful spring day on Boulevard Saint Michel in Paris. Young Regnol, penniless, is strolling along the boulevard when a friend sitting at a café approaches him to offer him a position as a tutor for friends of his parents, the Dupaton family. Regnol receives this news with immense joy, even though he is usually not very lucky. During the first meeting, Kessel describes the Dupaton family with strong irony. This is followed by an anecdote about the disappearance of "Tom," Madame's cat, who, furious, attacks the maid, then publishes a notice of his disappearance in the newspaper "Matin." Monsieur and Madame attend the first history lesson on the 1789 revolution, given by their son Emile. Regnol then has the bad idea of pointing out the bishops' laziness, which provokes the anger of Madame, who immediately leaves the room. After the lesson is over, she shares her reproaches with her husband, who had the bad idea of employing this "barefoot" who inspires such bad ideas in their dear Emile. The husband, who does not like the tutor's revolutionary ideas, then decides to part with him. Regnon receives the news of his dismissal as a terrible blow to his honor. But the Dupaton family quickly forgets this mishap when their cat is returned to them.
Autograph manuscript. (Circa 1920); 12 octavo pages on school paper.
First draft manuscript, complete, including some crossings out and additions of words in ink and pencil. This is a rare youthful short story, by a budding writer in his twenties, where the future great novelist is already taking shape, narrating with irony the adventures of the young Regnon, named Regnol at the beginning of the text, tutor in the Dupaton family. Three or four years later, the young Kessel, aged 25, would publish his first great literary success, L'Équipage.
The story begins on a beautiful spring day on Boulevard Saint Michel in Paris. Young Regnol, penniless, is strolling along the boulevard when a friend sitting at a café approaches him to offer him a position as a tutor for friends of his parents, the Dupaton family. Regnol receives this news with immense joy, even though he is usually not very lucky. During the first meeting, Kessel describes the Dupaton family with strong irony. This is followed by an anecdote about the disappearance of "Tom," Madame's cat, who, furious, attacks the maid, then publishes a notice of his disappearance in the newspaper "Matin." Monsieur and Madame attend the first history lesson on the 1789 revolution, given by their son Emile. Regnol then has the bad idea of pointing out the bishops' laziness, which provokes the anger of Madame, who immediately leaves the room. After the lesson is over, she shares her reproaches with her husband, who had the bad idea of employing this "barefoot" who inspires such bad ideas in their dear Emile. The husband, who does not like the tutor's revolutionary ideas, then decides to part with him. Regnon receives the news of his dismissal as a terrible blow to his honor. But the Dupaton family quickly forgets this mishap when their cat is returned to them.
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