IDENTITY
Histoire d’un paysan
Literature
Work Summary
A historical novel narrated from the perspective of a peasant and set amid the French Revolution. It presents revolutionary events through ordinary rural experience, combining national history with the social world of common people.
Evidence Summary
He places Hugo, Zola, Dickens and Erckmann-Chatrian among books relevant to a figure painter.
Explicit connection between modern literature and figure painting.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Erckmann-Chatrian
Work
Histoire d’un paysan
Years / Period
21 May 1883
Van Gogh Relation
Recommended / Sent
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
21 May 1883 — Letter 345
Recommended / Sent · Recommended / sent
Van Gogh says he will send Histoire d’un paysan for Van Rappard to read.
Response: He places Hugo, Zola, Dickens and Erckmann-Chatrian among books relevant to a figure painter.
Connection: Explicit connection between modern literature and figure painting.
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