IDENTITY
Les étoiles
Literature
Work Summary
A Provençal tale from Lettres de mon moulin in which a shepherd recounts a night spent beneath the stars with his master's daughter. The story combines pastoral landscape, intimacy and wonder at the night sky in a deliberately simple, lyrical narrative.
Evidence Summary
Possible literary context for his reflection on stars.
Connection is scholarly and explicitly tentative.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Alphonse Daudet
Work
Les étoiles
Years / Period
9–10 Jul 1888
Van Gogh Relation
Uncertain / Probable
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
9–10 Jul 1888 — Letter 638 editorial note
Uncertain / Probable · Possible source for remark on stars
Editors note that Van Gogh's remark about stars and the hereafter has been linked to Daudet's story Les étoiles.
Response: Possible literary context for his reflection on stars.
Connection: Connection is scholarly and explicitly tentative.
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