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Vienna, 9.5.1920
Dear Colleague,
What a strange mixture of guesses and mistakes! But now that you have made the matter all clear and tidy I want to ask
your agreement after the event to my actions.
I have already handed on your valuable contribution to the editors of the journal.
By the way, isn't there an expression ‘the son clings to the mother’ or, as we would say, ‘he is fixated on her’?
The offer you made me for the publishing house is tempting, of course. If we get paper we could consider the matter. But do you know how high the costs are these days? One sheet one Mark, i.e. about 20 sheets for 1,000 copies 20,000 Mark. Give me the good news that figures like these do not matter to you! Then I would make the suggestion that for the title you should simply use the name of the hero and underneath put: a psychoanalytic novel.
You ask if we would profit from having you for instance in our Berlin group. I would think so; one could then meet during our conferences (the next one is going to be held in The Hague, on September 8).
My warmest regards. You are right, there is very little good will in the world.
Yours Freud