van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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 31 letters relate to feelings - homesick...Excerpt length: shorter longer  
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(25 September 1875)
... etc. I wish you would do the same. How I am longing for Christmas, but let us have patience, it will come soon enough. Courage, lad; my compliments to all the friends, and believe me, Your loving brother, Vincent As soon...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to His Parents
(14-17 April 1876)
... but sheds a golden light over the fields. These first hours after our parting - which you are spending in church, and I at the station and on the train - how we are longing for each other and how we think of the others, of Theo and Anna and the other...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 April 1876)
... even went to the station. Yet I did not go. Later on I hope to see everything and everybody there with a calmer eye. I shall never forget leaving those at home on Good Friday. In the morning we went to church at the Hoeve 1 and received communion;...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(28 April 1876)
... of the house. Give him my best regards. I wish I could walk once more with you through my woods, to Scheveningen. Have a pleasant day today and give my love to all who may ask about me and believe me, Your loving brother, Vincent...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(6-8 May 1876)
... it at The Hague and Scheveningen. Do you go to see Uncle Cor now and then? Sometimes I have such a longing to see him, I wrote to him yesterday. Tell Mr. Tersteeg something about the school here. Honestly, I have had some happy hours here, yet I don't...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(16-17 August 1876)
... book; give one of them to Carolien. How I wish that you could see what it is like here some time. On Saturday morning at 4 o'clock I hope to walk to London to visit Gladwell and others. I wish that you could walk with me. A hearty handshake...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 September 1876)
... above it all was mirrored in the pools. And about a fortnight later I was standing in the corner of the playground when someone came and told me that a man was there, asking for me; I knew who it was, and a moment later I fell on Father's neck. What...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(7 October 1876)
... It is Saturday again and I write once more. How I long to see you again, Oh! my longing is sometimes so strong. Write soon, a little word as to how you are. Last Wednesday we took a long walk to a village an hour's distance from here. The road ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(13 October 1876)
... go. Besides longing to sit at Theo's bedside, I should like so much to see my mother again and, if possible, also go to Etten to see Father and speak with him. It would only be for a short time; I should be with you but for one or two days. Monday...

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