van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 22 September 1883)
... and life here are doing me a lot of good. Oh, if only the poor woman could have enjoyed it too. I think of her with such tender regret - though my common sense tells me clearly that it is impossible under the circumstances. I am worried about her...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 26 September 1883)
... out my work depends on it. Besides, the fate of the woman and the fate of my poor little boy and the other child cut my heart to shreds. I would like to help them still, and I cannot. I am at a point where I need some credit, some confidence and warmth,...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 November 1883)
... Than the source of great rivers.] Theo, I have heard from the poor woman a few times; she seems to be doing her best, working, washing for people, going out as a charwoman. Her writing is almost indecipherable and incoherent, she seems to regret some...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 25-28 December 1883)
... several ugly symptoms disappeared. But now everything has changed for the worse, and I fear for her life; and the poor little baby too, whom I cared for as if he were my own, is no longer what he was. Brother, I found her in great misery, and I am in...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(28 October 1888)
... no fear for me, nor for yourself either. Indeed, I was horribly worried about you, for if Gauguin had not come to the same conclusion about it, I should have caused you pretty heavy expenses for nothing. But Gauguin is astonishing as a man, he does not...

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