ADAM (Juliette Lambert, Mme Edmond). - Lot 8

ADAM (Juliette Lambert, Mme Edmond). 1836-1936. Woman of letters. 2 L.A.S. "Jte Adam" and "Juliette Adam" to "Mon cher Lollie'" [Frédéric Lollié (1854-1945) ADAM (Juliette Lambert, Mme Edmond). writer and journalist]. Château de Costère by Cavaillon, October 23, 1884 and Paris, Monday (n.d.). 4 pp. in-8 oblong. La Nouvelle Revue letterhead. In the 1st letter, she considers his ...article interesting. The comparisons between the ancient state of letters and the present were necessary [...]. The second article could come very soon after this one... she assures him that they will be published as soon as possible in La Nouvelle Revue... and in the second, she announces: ...I am writing to the President of the Council to try my influence on his mind. At the Ministry of Public Education, everything is well prepared, but if M. Brisson has an idea for Bourges, I'm afraid I can do nothing. Your "Gens de lettres" is still delayed? Juliette Adam lived to be almost a hundred. A grande dame of French letters, she frequented Hugo and Flaubert, as well as political figures such as Gambetta. Her second wife was Edmond Adam, a senator and advisor to Thiers. Juliette Adam published some fifty works, including novels, memoirs and political reflections, as well as hundreds of articles. In 1879, she founded and directed the Nouvelle Revue, devoted to literature and politics. This publication brought to light writers such as Guy de Maupassant and Paul Bourget.