Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. From 1907, however, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on the ... [... more]
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Proust in Love
 The Lost Paradise: Although other studies of Proust and the nature of love have been published before, for the most part in French, William C. Carter's fascinating follow-up to his monumental (and standard-bearing) biography of the author is a much- [... more]
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Celeste Albaret
Céleste Albaret was Marcel Proust's housekeeper in his last years, when he retreated from the world to devote himself to In Search of Lost Time. She could imitate his voice to perfection, and Proust himself said to her, "You know everything [... more]
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Andre Aciman
Céleste Albaret was Marcel Proust's housekeeper in his last years, when he retreated from the world to devote himself to In Search of Lost Time. She could imitate his voice to perfection, and Proust himself said to her, "You know everything [... more]
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Barbara Bray
Céleste Albaret was Marcel Proust's housekeeper in his last years, when he retreated from the world to devote himself to In Search of Lost Time. She could imitate his voice to perfection, and Proust himself said to her, "You know everything [... more]
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How to Tour the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
The most famous cemetery in the world and one of the few that's an actual tourist destination, it's the final resting place of Proust, Piaf, Wilde and Mr. Mojo Risin' himself, Jim Morrison. This cemetery is enormous. While some of its streets are ... [... more]
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The Letters of Marcel Proust
Up-close glimpses of Marcel Proust: This book was first published in 1949, the letters having been selected by Mina Curtiss from the editions then available. This means that she did not have access to Philip Kolb's 21-volume magisterial edition of the [... more]
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The Fourteen-Minute Marcel Proust: Everyone's Guide to ...
in search of Proust: I started reading "Swann's Way" on at least two occasions before a friend challenged me to join him in reading the whole of "Remembrance of Things Past," as Proust's masterpiece was then known. We got through it [... more]
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The Proust Questionnaire
Stepping inside the mind of Marcel Proust: An Inquiry: Marcel Proust is still somewhat of an enigma from the past century. A man whose hefty multi-volume opus 'A la Recherche Du Temps Perdu' continues to delight, puzzle, stimulate all the arts even today, [... more]
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Marcel Proust
Amazon.com Review: Marcel Proust documented his existence so lavishly--albeit in fictional form--that many of his biographers have functioned as little more than code-breakers, doggedly translating art back into life. It's a great pleasure, then, to [... more]
$19.95
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Proust in Love
The Lost Paradise: Although other studies of Proust and the nature of love have been published before, for the most part in French, William C. Carter's fascinating follow-up to his monumental (and standard-bearing) biography of the author is a much- [... more]
$26.00
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Amazon.com Review: Amazon Significant Seven, December 2007: Proust may have been more neurasthenic than neuroscientist, but Jonah Lehrer argues in Proust Was a Neuroscientist that he (and many of his fellow artists) made discoveries about the brain that [... more]
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