PROUST, Marcel

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PROUST, Marcel
Autograph correspondence signed. 1907-1917. Set of 82 p., various formats, in one vol. in-12 (20 x 13,2 cm), morocco in flesh, two gilt fillets in the frame of the plates, spine with ribs decorated with gilt fillets, gilt head (V. Grandchaud). This correspondence consists of 19 autograph signed letters addressed to Jeanne Pouquet, 1 L. A. S. addressed to Marie Scheikévitch, 2 pneumatic cards addressed to Gaston Arman de Caillavet and a fragment of L. A. S. (numbered 9). Proust congratulates his friend Gaston for his driving "so beautiful, so perfect" and evokes "this great pleasure one has in vaudeville, instead of the disappointment of a ruined novel, the good surprise of a perfect play. " To Jeanne, he writes, "Then I will heal you. And if I don't succeed, I'll ask Gaston to entrust you to me, which is not very compromising, and I'll take you to Berne to consult Dubois and you'll be cured. "Or, about his daughter Simone: "How one can love opposite physical types! For here I am in love with your daughter. How wicked she is to be so beautiful, for it was her smile that made me fall in love and gave meaning to her whole person, and if she had been grumpy, how quiet I would be. " To Marie Scheikévitch, Proust gives a few explanations about Montesquiou's conduct: "Montesquiou's bad mood was not against you, but against a person whom I grieve to see ignored (this does not mean that I would not have been grieved if it had been you). " Marcel Proust was close to Gaston Arman de Caillavet, with whom he met at the end of his military service in 1889. So much so that he drew inspiration from him for the character of Robert de Saint-Loup in La Recherche. Proust imagined himself in love with Gaston's fiancée, Jeanne Pouquet, who was also the source of inspiration for the character of Gilberte. However, Proust refused to be best man for Gaston and Jeanne's wedding in 1893. He also took an interest in their daughter
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