My life - Richard Wagner

WAGNER (Richard).— MY LIFE. In one volume. Authorized Translation from the German. New York. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1927. 16x23,5 cm. 911-I págs. E.

“The contents of these volumes have been written down directly from my dictation, over a period of several years, by my friend and wife, who wished  me to tell her the story of my life. It was the desire of both of us that these details of my life should be accessible to our family and to our sincere and trusted friends; and we decided therefore, in order to provide against a possible destruction of the one manuscript, to have a small number of copies printed at our own expense, As the value of this autobiography consists in its unadorned veracity, which, under the circumstances, isits only justification, therefore my statements had to be accompanied by precise names and dates; (...)” retirado do Prefácio.

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