{"title":"Paul Fort","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-paul-fort","title":"Autograph letter signed, Paul Fort","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"195\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"195\"\u003eFORT, Paul (1872–1960), Autograph Letter Signed “Paul Fort”, 2 February 1909.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"224\"\u003e1 page in-8 (207 × 130 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"366\"\u003eA humorous and touching \u003cstrong data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"306\"\u003eappeal for a financial advance of one hundred francs\u003c\/strong\u003e, laced with literary allusions and theatrical self-mockery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"802\"\u003eFort writes in a tone of playful desperation, explaining that \u003cstrong data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"481\"\u003ehe, his wife, and an unfortunate invited friend\u003c\/strong\u003e find themselves “on the \u003cem data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"526\"\u003eRaft of the Medusa\u003c\/em\u003e”, a dramatic image meant to convey their predicament. He begs his correspondent not to leave him “without hope”, and wonders how he might avoid being “too much \u003cstrong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"697\"\u003eVillon\u003c\/strong\u003e” in such a situation, confessing instead that they are merely “\u003cstrong data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"772\"\u003eHamlets\u003c\/strong\u003e who without you will perish”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"1135\"\u003eHe admits to being “greatly embarrassed with my innkeeper”, and asks his friend to forgive a request that weighs on him: \u003cstrong data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"957\"\u003ea loan of one hundred francs\u003c\/strong\u003e. He signs off with affectionate insistence, apologising again for the lateness of the hour and adding one last self-deprecating flourish: \u003cem data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1135\"\u003e“What will you think of your Villon?”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"2 fév. 1909.\u003cbr\u003eMon cher ami,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJe vous serais - (voici mon neveu) - reconnaissant de ne pas me laisser sans espérance.\u003cbr\u003eNous sommes tous, ma femme et moi, et un ami, hélas ! que j'ai invité, sur le Radeau de la Méduse. Que vous dire ?\u003cbr\u003eEt comment, vis-à-vis de vous, ne pas être moins Villon ? N'être rien que des Hamlets, qui sans vous périront ?\u003cbr\u003eC'est moi qui suis très embarrassé vis-à-vis de mon cabaretier.\u003cbr\u003eAprès que direz-vous de Paul Fort ? qui vous demande cent francs,- qui est votre ami et qui vous demande d'être diablement pardonné.\u003cbr\u003eAffectueusement à vous. Et je vous en prie.\u003cbr\u003ePaul Fort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIl est bien tard. Je suis désolé. Qu'allez-vous croire de votre Villon. A Samedi surtout.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534053126469,"sku":"0768","price":150.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4714_jpg.jpg?v=1764718519"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/auteur-paul-fort.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}