Letter from Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, née Levin, later Robert, (1771-1833) to Hugo

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Anonymous copy of a letter to Hugo taken from Mme Varnhagen's published correspondence. The letter expresses fervent admiration for Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris and assures him that he is widely read and admired in Germany.

Written at Berlin.

Varnhagen was a famous German-Jewish writer who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.