Albert CAMUS Autograph manuscript of 15 lines. S.l.n.d.... Lot 41 bis

Albert CAMUS Autograph manuscript of 15 lines. S.l.n.d. [1956]. ½ p. grand in-4. Blue ink on page torn from a book. Ratures and additions. Foldings and small lacks of paper without damage to the text. Working draft for LA CHUTE with variants: "Will you stay for a while in Amsterdam? Beautiful city, isn't it? Fascinating? That's an adjective I haven't heard in a long time. Not since I left Paris years ago. But the heart has a memory, and I haven't forgotten anything about our beautiful capital. Paris is a superb setting inhabited by four million silhouettes [...]. The Dutch [...] live off the work of these ladies. They are, moreover, male and female, strong bourgeois creatures, who came here, like". The manuscript is accompanied by a letter typed and signed by Suzanne Agnely, Albert Camus' secretary, written in his name and addressed to André Devaux. Paris, February 21, 1958. 1 p. in-8. NRF printed letterhead. "Mr. Albert Camus has just left Paris for a trip of about three months. Before his departure, he asked me to write to you on his behalf to thank you for your letter and your interest, and to send you a handwritten page of La Chute. [...]». André A. Devaux (1921-2017), a French philosopher, was then a teacher at the Teacher Training College of Besançon.