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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset : 

'After "Trilby" came the effect of "Peter Ibbetson". "It came to me", writes the poet of this book, "just when I needed an inner life". From "Peter Ibbetson" he learned of the existence of Villon and of de Musset. He read these poets but "the time was not ripe for either".'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: John Masefield      Print: Book

Alfred de Musset : 

From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1872: 'Aug. 7th. We went to Paris. A. [...] bought and read many volumes of Victor Hugo and Alfred de Musset.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Tennyson      Print: Book

Alfred de Musset : poems including 'Tristesse'

From Hallam Tennyson's accounts of 'Last Talks' with his father: '"'L'Agonie' by Sully Prudhomme I have just been reading, and think it very beautiful, yet very sad; and there are things of Alfred de Musset like 'Tristesse' which seem to me perfect."'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Tennyson      Print: Unknown

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