Monsieur Proust
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 about me." Her reminiscences of her employer present an intimate picture of the daily life of a great writer who was also a deeply peculiar man, while Madame Albaret herself proves to be a shrewd and engaging companion.
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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 about me." Her reminiscences of her employer present an intimate picture of the daily life of a great writer who was also a deeply peculiar man, while Madame Albaret herself proves to be a shrewd and engaging companion.
ForewordviiIntroductionxv1.A Grand Seigneur12.A Cloud of Smoke93.And Then the War194.The Last Trip to Cabourg275.The Life of a Recluse396.Retreat into Illness517.An Appetite for Memories698.An Extreme Modesty819.The Dark Nights of Paris9110.Your Mother Is Dead10511.His Evenings Out11712.His Love for His Mother13113.The Camellia Period14514.The Family16115.First Loves17316."Other" Loves18517.Politics19918.Tyrannical and Suspicious20919.Friends but No Friendship22320.The Pursuit of Characters23921.Monsieur de Charlus25522."I've Worked Well, Celeste."26723.The Rejection28124.The Fake Monk29325.Fame30126.Uprooted31527.The Poulet Quartet32728."The End"33329.Time Stops343Epilogue363AppendixSome Other Souvenirs367Index379
