BIB_ID
432621
Accession number
MA 3558
Creator
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1905 August 5?
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Frederick R. Koch, 1981.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Proust gives "Samedi" as the date of writing. Day, month, and year of writing from the published correspondence, cited below.
On mourning stationery.
Additional information available in the Collection File.
On mourning stationery.
Additional information available in the Collection File.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby (London) sale, 13 May 1981, lot 447 (A. Rosenthal -- Otto Haas).
Summary
Writing to her in Trouville and telling her how much he misses her; describing his daily schedule; promising that when she returns, if he is still in Paris, he will arrange a dinner for her; saying that he envies her stay at the Villa Saint-Jean and quoting several lines from Baudelaire on the subject of the sea; expressing his grief at the death of the Duchesse de Gramont, whose funeral has been his only outing since Louisa's departure; apologizing for not writing more and explaining that his eyes are tired.
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