ALS in German, signed "Freud," one page, 5.5 x 3.5, March 27, 1923. Handwritten letter to N. Teulon Porter about a book entitled Behind the Nightlight, by Joan Maude, as recorded by Nancy Price, purporting to recount the dreams and fantasies of Miss Maude, a three-year-old, as told to her mother. In full (translated): “Thank you for sending the extraordinarily interesting little book whose contents positively cry out for analytical interpretation. What the preface says about the origin of the fantasies is obviously impossible.” Accompanied by a copy of the book, inscribed in an unknown hand [presumably Porter's], "With a reader's compliments to The Author (& her daughter)," with a translation of Freud's letter affixed inside the font. In very good to fine condition, with uniform moderate toning and a bit of scattered light soiling.
Price was an English stage actress, as was her daughter, the subject of Behind the Nightlight. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, introduced the idea that dreams are a window into the unconscious mind. In his groundbreaking work The Interpretation of Dreams, he proposed that dreams serve as a form of wish fulfillment, revealing hidden desires and unresolved conflicts. Freud believed that by analyzing the symbols and themes in dreams, we can gain deeper insights into our psyche and emotional experiences. A great example of Freud’s professional interest piqued by an unusual subject.
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