Aet. 39, to an American novelist. George Moore’s Impressions and Opinions was reviewed in the Athenaeum (25 July 1891). Serialization of Vain Fortune concluded in October just before the book was published. By referring to Mlle. de Maupin’s letter to D’Albert in the final chapter of Gautier’s novel, George Moore urged Clara Lanza, when making love, to breathe his name sometimes in a kiss.

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