Recollections of a Literary Life, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Recollections of a Literary Life, Vol. 1 "When men are dead we abase ourselves before them. We are right to respect the mystery of death. But why should we lie? I know not." - George Sand (Correspondence). On Saturday, the 8th of May, 1880, I received the following note from Gustave Flaubert: - "I hope to embrace your lordship next Monday. My book is almost finished; there is little more to do to it. I hasten to visit you before your departure. I have not seen you for such a long time." On the following day, when I opened my papers, I saw a telegram which announced the sudden death of Gustave Flaubert on the previous evening, at the hour of my receiving his letter. The shock was very great. I loved him tenderly, and now he had gone away abruptly from that retreat, far from us all, in which he shut himself up in solitude to write. He had been struck down by a disease which dated back to his twentieth year, and had not been able to say a word of farewell to those now dismayed by his loss. He seemed a colossus of strength formed to live a hundred years. It was difficult to realize, in spite of the many surprises death prepares us for, that such mental energy, such strength, and apparent promise of longevity, had suddenly disappeared and been withdrawn from the human race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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