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IDENTITY

Les derniers Bretons

Literature

Work Summary

A study of Breton traditions and regional life based on travel, observation and folklore. Souvestre describes communities, customs, beliefs, stories and landscapes in Brittany at a time when older forms of rural culture appeared to be disappearing.

Evidence Summary

The work belongs to his recurring Brittany-related reading.

Documented textual recurrence; no causal influence inferred.

CONTEXT

Author / Source

Émile Souvestre

Work

Les derniers Bretons

Years / Period

1875 / 1878

Van Gogh Relation

Quoted / Copied, Discussed / Commented On

EVIDENCE

Key Quotation

CONNECTIONS

Evidence Trail

1875 / 1878 — RM05 / Letter 143

Quoted / Copied · Quoted / discussed

RM05 refers to Souvestre and the editors note Van Gogh quotes from ‘Les derniers Bretons’ again in Letter 143.

Response: The work belongs to his recurring Brittany-related reading.

Connection: Documented textual recurrence; no causal influence inferred.

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