DROUET Juliette (1806-1883).

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DROUET Juliette (1806-1883).
Autograph letter signed "Juliette" to Victor Hugo, [Paris] "February 24 [1848] Thursday morning. 8:30 a.m.". 4 pp. in-8. Magnificent letter (unpublished) written at the height of the 1848 Revolution "Alas my poor beloved, what will become of all this? and when will I see you? You know that we fought for part of the night? At one o'clock in the morning the shooting could not have been more lively. (...) I am exhausted with insomnia and anxiety, even though you are very popular and justly admired and adored by all, I fear terrible dangers and I torment myself without being able to help it. The streets are full of barricades, the gunfire and the cannon clash (...) the Republic is proclaimed at all the crossroads, especially in the Montorgueil and Halles districts (...) The thought that you are mixed up in this deplorable affair and that you must pay for your presence in this horrible uproar makes me dizzy, and it seems to me that each detonation takes away a part of my reason. My beloved Victor, my sublime beloved, be careful because the most terrible death for me would be the one that would come to me through you, my Victor. Be careful, think of me and do not make any temerity (...) ". Letter written the day of the abdication of king Louis-Philippe. The Republic was proclaimed the next day by the provisional government. Does not appear in the correspondence of the Letters of Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo, digital Publications of the CÉRÉdI (University of Rouen-Normandy).
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