LE ROUX (Hugues) (1860–1925). - Lot 190

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LE ROUX (Hugues) (1860–1925). - Lot 190
LE ROUX (Hugues) (1860–1925). Two signed autograph letters and one autograph card relating to his literary and social life. A set of three autograph items by the writer, journalist, and future senator Hugues Le Roux, comprising two signed autograph letters and an autograph card, late 19th–early 20th century. One of the letters, written in a friendly and informal tone, discusses the arrangement of meetings, matters of personal relationships, and various observations on Parisian literary life. A second item concerns a meeting related to a rehearsal with the German actress Gabrielle Réjane or possibly a figure from the contemporary theater scene (partially legible), and attests to the artistic circles frequented by the author. The third document is a social letter addressed to a close friend, signed in Le Roux’s own hand. Together, these documents illustrate the social, literary, and theatrical circles of the Belle Époque and shed interesting light on the daily life of a writer who was then at the height of his fame. A journalist for *Le Figaro*, *Le Temps*, and *La Revue politique et littéraire*, a prolific novelist, a traveler, and future senator for the Seine, Hugues Le Roux occupied a unique place in French intellectual life at the end of the 19th century. His work, drawing on his travels and social observations, earned him widespread fame before he entered political life. These three autograph documents, of a private nature, reveal a man deeply involved in the literary and artistic circles of his time. The topics discussed—meetings, rehearsals, personal relationships, and social obligations—spontaneously capture the atmosphere of Parisian intellectual circles during the Belle Époque. Autograph letters by Hugues Le Roux rarely appear on the market, particularly when they contain personal rather than administrative or political content.
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