IDENTITY
Numa Roumestan
Literature
Work Summary
A novel about the charismatic southern French politician Numa Roumestan, whose public charm and political success contrast with instability and selfishness in his private life. Through his marriage and career, Daudet satirizes political performance, regional stereotypes, ambition and the discrepancy between public personality and private character.
Evidence Summary
A literary character is used as a personality analogy.
Direct literature–life comparison.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Alphonse Daudet
Work
Numa Roumestan
Years / Period
17 Jan 1889
Van Gogh Relation
Compared / Connected, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
17 Jan 1889 — Letter 736
Compared / Connected · Discussed / character analogy
Van Gogh invokes Bompard in Numa Roumestan as another comparison for Gauguin's imagination.
Response: A literary character is used as a personality analogy.
Connection: Direct literature–life comparison.
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