Essays of Sainte-Beuve Edited, Vol. 2

Excerpt from The Essays of Sainte-Beuve Edited, Vol. 2: With Critical Memoir It may be remembered we have already seen Jean-Jacques Rousseau in correspondence with one of his admirers, whose partiality towards him ultimately developed into a warmer sentiment. After reading La Nouvelle Heloďse, Madame de la Tour- Franqueville became extremely enthusiastic, believing herself to be a Julie d'Etange, and thereupon indited somewhat ardent love-letters to the great author, who, in his misanthropical way, treated her far from well. It is curious to note, in a similar case, how differently Goethe, the great poet of Germany, behaved to one of his admirers, who declared her love with such wild bursts of enthusiasm. But not more in this case than in the other must we expect to find a true, natural, and mutual affection - the love of two beings who exchange and mingle their most cherished feelings. The adoration in question is not real love - it is merely a kind of worship, which requires the god and the priestess. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.