Autograph letter from Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to Madame de Godeville, dated 8 July 1777
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MA 6787.54, ‘Autograph letter : [Paris], to Madame de Godeville, 1777 July 8.’
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Autograph letter from Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to Madame de Godeville, dated 8 July 1777
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to Madame de Godeville, dated 8 July 1777.
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Beaumarchais offers his opinion on some poetry that de Godeville had sent to him, and speaks of his own difficulties when attempting to write a poem inspired by Voltaire’s Candide. He concludes that the goal of poetry is to delight, entertain, and interest. Beaumarchais concludes his letter by noting that in return for her trust, he is senting de Godeville an important document.
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1 pp.
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Height: 181 mm
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8 July 1777
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Part of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gifted to the Morgan Library by the Heinemen Foundation in 1977.
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