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We met the following day and had a lively discussion about Proust and Forssgren. I leave it to you to imagine my eager reply.

Marilyn Gordon contacted me and asked whether I would be interested in seeing the Proust items, which she had never shown to anyone outside the family.

This reminded her that she had material related to Proust that had been given to her many years earlier by Ernest Forssgren, an old family friend who, in his youth, had served briefly as Proust’s valet. Louis to speak about my biography Marcel Proust: A Life, Marilyn Gordon, who lives nearby, read a newspaper article about my lecture. Forssgren 21 Afterword 137 Forssgren’s “Summary” of Painter 139 Forssgren’s MarginaliaĪ few years ago, when I was invited to St. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1įor Marilyn Gordon, who made this book possibleĪbbreviations of Titles of Proust’s WorksĮrnest Forssgren 1 The Job Applicant 4 Introduction to Forssgren’s Memoirs and Related Documents 13 The Mysterious Visit Ernest A. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Proust, Marcel, 1871–1922-Relations with valets. Includes bibliographical references and index. Forssgren, Proust’s Swedish valet / edited and annotated by William C.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Forssgren, Ernest A., 1894–1970. Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books, Inc. Johnson and set in Fairfield Medium type by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Sterne Library, the University of Alabama at Birmingham. All illustrations are courtesy of the Marcel Proust Collection at the Mervyn H. Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of Philip Hamilton McMillan of the Class of 1894, Yale College. YA L E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S N E W H AV E N & L O N D O N Forssgren P R O U S T ’ S S W E D I S H VA L E T c