PROUST, Marcel. Two autograph letters signed to Lucien Daudet, both n.p. [Paris] , the first n.d. [circa 20 August 1916] , explaining that illness has prevented him from writing, leaving him 'dans une faiblesse ridicule'; replying confidentially [in 5 unpublished lines] to a question about a friend of Lucien's; describing a visit from [André] Gide, 'Je me rappelais ce que tu avais dit de son intelligence et ce que tu avais dit à Reynaldo des Caves du Vatican . Il a donc été facile sans mentir de lui faire bien plaisir'; recalling that he has received from Mlle. Vacaresco's mother 'une lettre véritablement splendide', and reminiscing about a long ago dinner, 'un diner 189-, à la maison, dont les conséquences furent importantes (pour les invités) et où il y avait Hanotaux, Herédia et Montesquiou', and recalling a particularly stupid remark by one of the guests, quoting from a conversation with a play on names; concluding the letter with a message of admiration and respect for Madame Daudet, 8 pages, 8vo ; the second letter, n.d. [26, 27 or 28 September 1916] , admitting that he has not yet visited Clary but repeating his intention of making the visit, referring to himself as a dotard, ('Je deviens si gâteux et cela pas dans le sens plaisant mais hélas vrai') and forgetful; then describing an amusing exchange with Bardac, who is hard of hearing, and in a postscript mentioning a book by Goyau and that Jean [Cocteau] wanted to put him in touch with Beaumont, 8 pages, 8vo (together 16 pages, 8vo) . Proust also refers in the first letter to Léon Daudet's new book [ L'Entre-deux Guerres ] which he is reading aloud, showing malicious pleasure in one of the subjects, Mayer, being told by another friend of the references to himself in it (the Mayer family were in fact Proust's cousins). The poet Helene Vacaresco was the daughter of the Roumanian minister in Paris, and her mother had written to Proust about Du côté de chez Swann , of which he sent her an inscribed copy in gratitude for her kind remarks. André Gide had also called on Proust (whom he had not met since 1892) on 25 February, when they discussed, as well as homosexuality, Proust's novel and the possibility of his moving from Grasset (who was ill) to Gallimard (Painter, II, 232). An unpublished passage (of 27 lines) in the second letter written in strict confidence ('ceci archi-tombeau'), discusses Henri Bardac's financial embarrassment. The only people to come to his aid have been an English duke and Sala, 'Cela m'a étonné énormement de lui à qui je ne croyais aucun coeur'. Bardac, the son of a financier, was one of Proust's favourite visitors. Comte Antoine Sala was an attaché at the Italian embassy, and his open pursuit of his homosexual inclinations attracted much comment. Lucien Daudet suppressed names in both letters for publication. Kolb, XV, 267 and 303; Cahiers , V (XL and XXXV). (2)
PROUST, Marcel. Two autograph letters signed to Lucien Daudet, both n.p. [Paris] , the first n.d. [circa 20 August 1916] , explaining that illness has prevented him from writing, leaving him 'dans une faiblesse ridicule'; replying confidentially [in 5 unpublished lines] to a question about a friend of Lucien's; describing a visit from [André] Gide, 'Je me rappelais ce que tu avais dit de son intelligence et ce que tu avais dit à Reynaldo des Caves du Vatican . Il a donc été facile sans mentir de lui faire bien plaisir'; recalling that he has received from Mlle. Vacaresco's mother 'une lettre véritablement splendide', and reminiscing about a long ago dinner, 'un diner 189-, à la maison, dont les conséquences furent importantes (pour les invités) et où il y avait Hanotaux, Herédia et Montesquiou', and recalling a particularly stupid remark by one of the guests, quoting from a conversation with a play on names; concluding the letter with a message of admiration and respect for Madame Daudet, 8 pages, 8vo ; the second letter, n.d. [26, 27 or 28 September 1916] , admitting that he has not yet visited Clary but repeating his intention of making the visit, referring to himself as a dotard, ('Je deviens si gâteux et cela pas dans le sens plaisant mais hélas vrai') and forgetful; then describing an amusing exchange with Bardac, who is hard of hearing, and in a postscript mentioning a book by Goyau and that Jean [Cocteau] wanted to put him in touch with Beaumont, 8 pages, 8vo (together 16 pages, 8vo) . Proust also refers in the first letter to Léon Daudet's new book [ L'Entre-deux Guerres ] which he is reading aloud, showing malicious pleasure in one of the subjects, Mayer, being told by another friend of the references to himself in it (the Mayer family were in fact Proust's cousins). The poet Helene Vacaresco was the daughter of the Roumanian minister in Paris, and her mother had written to Proust about Du côté de chez Swann , of which he sent her an inscribed copy in gratitude for her kind remarks. André Gide had also called on Proust (whom he had not met since 1892) on 25 February, when they discussed, as well as homosexuality, Proust's novel and the possibility of his moving from Grasset (who was ill) to Gallimard (Painter, II, 232). An unpublished passage (of 27 lines) in the second letter written in strict confidence ('ceci archi-tombeau'), discusses Henri Bardac's financial embarrassment. The only people to come to his aid have been an English duke and Sala, 'Cela m'a étonné énormement de lui à qui je ne croyais aucun coeur'. Bardac, the son of a financier, was one of Proust's favourite visitors. Comte Antoine Sala was an attaché at the Italian embassy, and his open pursuit of his homosexual inclinations attracted much comment. Lucien Daudet suppressed names in both letters for publication. Kolb, XV, 267 and 303; Cahiers , V (XL and XXXV). (2)
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