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L'Atelier d'un peintre
« La femme qui naît, vit et meurt près du foyer, l’artiste qui passe ses jours dans la solitude, tout entier qu’on le croirait à ses travaux, ont chacun aussi leurs espérances, leurs désespoirs et leurs joies célestes. Les secousses qui les heurtent, pour demeurer invisibles, comme les secousses du galvanisme, n’en frappent pas moins avec violence et d’une façon terrible. Seulement, la victime se trouve trop loin pour que l’on entende ses cris, et la plupart du temps, abattue, résignée, elle étouffe ses sanglots et dévore des pleurs inutiles. La croyant calme ou bien insoucieuse, on ne songe pas à lui compâtir ; on réserve son intérêt à des cris plus énergiques et à des tortures plus visibles.
Dans L’Atelier d’un Peintre, c’est l’esquisse de cette vie méconnue, qu’une femme a tenté de reproduire ; une femme qui s’est trouvée initiée à de tels mystères, et qui en a plus encore subi les douleurs qu’elle n’en a partagé les jouissances. Pour écrire ce livre, elle n’a fait que se rappeler des récits auxquels, petite fille, elle se sentait émerveillée et les yeux pleins de larmes. »
— Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 3 novembre 1833.
Dans L’Atelier d’un Peintre, c’est l’esquisse de cette vie méconnue, qu’une femme a tenté de reproduire ; une femme qui s’est trouvée initiée à de tels mystères, et qui en a plus encore subi les douleurs qu’elle n’en a partagé les jouissances. Pour écrire ce livre, elle n’a fait que se rappeler des récits auxquels, petite fille, elle se sentait émerveillée et les yeux pleins de larmes. »
— Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 3 novembre 1833.
492 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1833
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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
169 books36 followersMarceline Desbordes-Valmore (June 20, 1786 – July 23, 1859) was a French poet.
She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore.
She published Élégies et Romances, her first poetic work, in 1819. Her melancholy, elegiacal poems are admired for their grace and profound emotion.
Marceline appeared as an actress and singer in Douai, Rouen, the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where she notably played Rosine in Beaumarchais's Le Barbier de Séville. She retired from the stage in 1823. She later became friends with the novelist Honoré de Balzac, and he once wrote that she was an inspiration for the title character of La Cousine Bette.
Her poetry is also known for taking on dark and depressing themes, which reflects her troubled life. She is the only female writer included in the famous Les poètes maudits anthology published by Paul Verlaine in 1884. A volume of her poetry was among the books in Friedrich Nietzsche's library.
She died in Paris.
She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore.
She published Élégies et Romances, her first poetic work, in 1819. Her melancholy, elegiacal poems are admired for their grace and profound emotion.
Marceline appeared as an actress and singer in Douai, Rouen, the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where she notably played Rosine in Beaumarchais's Le Barbier de Séville. She retired from the stage in 1823. She later became friends with the novelist Honoré de Balzac, and he once wrote that she was an inspiration for the title character of La Cousine Bette.
Her poetry is also known for taking on dark and depressing themes, which reflects her troubled life. She is the only female writer included in the famous Les poètes maudits anthology published by Paul Verlaine in 1884. A volume of her poetry was among the books in Friedrich Nietzsche's library.
She died in Paris.
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