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Alfred de Vigny · 1927 · Free in the US
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Représenté pour la première fois à Paris, sur le Théâtre-Français,
le 12 février 1835.
Je viens d’achever cet ouvrage austère dans le silence d’un travail de dix-sept nuits. Les bruits de chaque jour l’interrompaient à peine, et, sans s’arrêter, les paroles ont coulé dans le moule qu’avait creusé ma pensée.
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