SEGALEN Victor (1878-1919) - Lot 3

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SEGALEN Victor (1878-1919) - Lot 3
SEGALEN Victor (1878-1919) 3 LAS to Yvon Segalen, Petrograd, Nanking, Shanghai, February 3, 1917, March 10, 1917 and April 20, 1917. 10 ½ pp. in-4. Nice seal in red ink at the head of two letters. Double letter dated February 3 and 10, 1917. Victor Segalen arrives in "[ ] beautiful cold countries, with all that the cold allows : sledges in the streets [ ] sledges on mountain trails; Norwegian skis, which many children have on their feet; snowshoes [ ]The northernmost point was the Swedish border with Finland, at Torméa, where all the drivers, although Finnish, looked like real Lapps [ ] it was when I arrived in Petrograd, at 3 a.m., that I saw the temperature. reached minus 38° [ ] you get burnt when you touch metal. [Petrograd [ ] has absolutely nothing Russian about it [ ] it's not old: barely two hundred years. [On March 10, he writes about Yvon's stamp collection and mail delivery problems. April 20, an intimate letter in which he gives advice to his son: "Obviously, you have to cause as little pain as possible around you; and it's obvious that you'd hurt Grandma and Grandpa's feelings if you said: 'No, I won't make my First Communion, because I don't believe in the real existence of the Catholic god. [ ] It's important not to lie - and even more important to agree with yourself. You know very well that religious questions are of great concern to me myself [ ] that we've begun to study them together, among the Hindus and the Greeks.[ ] it's interesting, & even necessary, to know what the people you live with know. Now, most of your friends are Catholics, and know their catechism. You shouldn't feel inferior to them in this respect [ ]. He goes on to talk about his current work: "I'm examining 'Chinese workers' (no longer coolies, since the Revolution)" and crucial historical facts: "You've seen how the Russian people threw out the Czar. [ ] I wish I'd been there: I was in Petrograd 3 weeks too early. But I'm glad to have seen it under the old regime. Decidedly, Emperors are no longer solid [ ]". Unpublished letters, family provenance.
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