Dear Theo

Each night, when the hours of painting and drawing were over, Vincent van Gogh put pen to paper and poured out his heart through letters to his beloved brother Theo, his confidant and companion. No thought was too small, no element of his craft too insignificant, no happening too trivial. It was all scrupulously recorded and shared. In these letters, Van Gogh reveals himself as artist and man. Even more than if he had purposely intended to tell his life story, Van Gogh's letters lay bare his deepest feelings, as well as his everyday concerns and his views of the world of art. Irving Stone has edited the letters of Vincent in such a way as to retain every line of beauty, significance, and importance. "It is my humble opinion that Vincent was as great a writer and philosopher," Stone says, "as he was a painter." Title Info. Dedication. Preface
Book 1: June 1873–December 188. London, June 1873
Ramsgate, April 1876
Isleworth, July 1876
Dordrecht, January 1877
Amsterdam, May 1877
Etten, July 1878
Borinage, December 1878
Brussels, October 1880
Etten, April 1881
Book 2: December 1881–September 1883. The Hague, December 1881
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Book 3: September 1883–March 1886. Drenthe, September 1883
Neunen, December 1883
Antwerp, November 1885
Track 16Book 4: March 1886–July 1890. Paris, March 1886
Arles, February 1888
Saint-Rémy, May 1889
Auvers-sur-Oise, May 1890
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