Notes: Thoughts on Coco

Thoughts on Coco As I continue working with the book, I’ll edit this into a coherent text, but I kept extending this short footnote about Coco and needed to move it to its own document… Coco makes his first appearance in Volume 1, Chapter 26, and is...

V3 Ch. 71: Letters to Etienne

Chapter 71 p. 2: Letters to Etienne To Mr. Etienne Prieur, at the Grand Seminary of Noyon, department of the Somme. Paris, May 30, 1818.  Sir, You tell me, in your letter of the 24th of this month, that you are neither a sorcerer nor a magician. Who then persecuted...

V3 Ch. 71: Letters to Moreau

Chapter 71 p. 2: Letters to Moreau To Mr.  Moreau, Physician, etc. Paris, September 16, 1818.  Dear sir: I feel I must inform you that Mr. Chaix, your friend, having paid me a visit on April 1, promised me on your behalf that you would be completely terminating your...

V3 Ch. 71: Preamble

Chapter 71 My Supporting Documents Part 1 [note: This runs from page 307 to 418. M.B. has organized these in service to some kind of narrative, threading them by their recipient, or by story, rather than by the order in which they were written. I have no way of...

V3 Ch. 71: From Rhotomago 4/5/1818(?)

The Ambassador of all evil spirits, Rhotomago, the fifth day of the moon, to Mr. Berbiguier, exterminator of the infernal cohort. [Undated, est. April 5, 1818] Berbiguier, will you continue to torment me and all my colleagues? You wretch! You have just caused the...