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Letter from Marcel Proust, place not specified, to Robert de Montesquiou, between 1898 August 25 and 28 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
432275
Accession number
MA 14306
Creator
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.8 x 13 cm (unfolded to 20.8 x 26 cm)
Notes
Date of writing from Kolb.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Apologizing for a misunderstanding about having dinner with him. Going on to talk about his family, followed by a reference to Barbey d'Aurevilly's novel Le Rideau Cramoisi (The Crimson Curtain) and ruminating poetically on past events. Mentions that he is returning to Versailles upon Montesquiou's invitation. Also thanks him for a volume of Balzac.