La Lettrine

Part One

Novels

The works themselves — what was written, when, under what pressure, and what happened the morning after publication.

A Gallimard NRF edition face-up on a worn oak table, its cream cover and black type sharp against the warm wood grain, adult hands just visible at the frame edge
The NRF livery — cream paper, a ruled frame, author and title set at the same size. Gallimard settled it in 1911 and has altered only small typographic details since.Photo: Alvessz / Pexels

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