Letter

 1 Introd | distinction as a woman and as an author in this playful sally: “
 2 Introd |    segment of observed life. The author is to take and rigorously
 3 Introd |         seeking to prove that an author can put NOTHING BUT HIMSELF
 4 Introd |      What can we know of such an author? All, or nearly all, that
 5 Introd |        being a man with being an author. He has made his choice;
 6 XIX    |          other, “the head of the author” who made me dream so much
 7 XXVII  |         Edward Cadol, a dramatic author and a friend of Maurice
 8 XL     |         subjects pleasant to the author?~I expressed myself badly
 9 CIV    |         the point of view of the author? Never.~That criticism would
10 CXVIII |          succeed I will make the author profit by it.~That is all
11 CXXIX  |      Aisse just as if I were the author, and I do not want that.
12 CXLIV  |         go rather quickly if the author CONDESCENDS to be willing
13 CLVIII |       work and how they love the author! I missed you. I wanted
14 CCI    |        the type conceived by the author. The Theatre Francais perhaps
15 CCXXXIX|         is an absolutely unknown author. So indeed is Pierre Corneille.~
16 CCXLIV |         salesman declares to the author that his merchandise is
17 CCXLV  |       For I write (I speak of an author who respects himself) not
18 CCLXXX |       see what good it is to the author criticised. Criticism always
19 CCC    |     judgment to formulate on the author friends of whom you speak.
20 CCC    |        are doing well! He is the author who puts men at grips with
21 CCCVIII|        isn’t it? If you knew the author you would like him even