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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...and I will accompany Auguste as far as Florence. We shall start on the 1st of May, and it will only take a full week to get from Paris to Florence. Do not be too much vexed with me for the unpunctuality of my correspondence. In the extreme desire for Liberty which possesses me, I no longer consult human forces, and I work excessively. At this moment, I have in the press the two volumes of my third part, the two volumes of " Les Chouans," and the third batch of the " Contes"; then in eight or ten days' time the two volumes for Gosselin. There is in this something terrifying. But there are two magic words which enable me to do everything: my liberty for the 1st of September; Vienna on that day, and I shall regret neither my nights nor my tortures, for never will the receipts from quill-driving square with the expenditure. By Jove, what a nice arrangement it will be to get to Florence by the 10th of May, and be back in Paris by the 20th! To see Florence along with you! Write quickly to me, for after these terrible labours of mine in the month of April, I shall need twenty days' rest; and I know nothing more delightful than an Italian city in company with a friend. I think of you very often, and I much regret Geneva, where I worked so hard while amusing myself. With the exception of some worries, my affairs are going on well. Some flatterers tell me that my fame continues to increase, but I know nothing of that, for I live alone by my own fireside, toiling in order to enjoy a citizen's privileges in the Ukraine. Your poor " Seraphita " is abandoned; it is necessary above all that what is promised should be fulfilled. You tell me yourself, without being aware of it, to keep working. I have always before my mind the order to print, w...