The Brown Book

Diary Entry of August 13, 1865

Overview

Wagner is confined by a bad cold and fever and feels acutely lonely. He hopes that writing even a few lines to Cosima will bring some relief.

Content

Sunday, August 13:

Sick and wretched. Bad cold: fever! Lonely here — Can’t so much as move. Franz lamenting. You know how quick I am to take the extreme view! —

But I wanted to write at least one line in the book. It ought to help, complaining to you. Let’s see. Hope so. — Ah, how wretched man is! — Even the sky is bleak. —