GIDE, André.

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GIDE, André.
New Pretexts. Réflexions sur quelques points de littérature et de morale. Paris, Mercure de France, 1911. In-12 [184 x 119] of (2) ff, the first blank, 329 pp, (1) f. : paperback. First edition. It gathers in particular the articles given to L'Hermitage. Copy offered by André Gide to the future author of Le Grand Meaulnes and "young" recruit of the NRF: to Alain Fournier // with kind regards // André Gide The books dedicated to Alain Fournier (1886-1914) are extremely rare. The young writer met André Gide in 1908 when he had just published a few poems, essays and stories. Their relationship was difficult, as Alain-Fournier confessed: "I will never interest him, nor will he interest me much. I am not his disciple; I am not an abstract mind." Cover detached. Some minimal foxing.
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