num_pages: 456
description: 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.
language: English
title: Monsieur Proust
titlecomplete: Monsieur Proust
characters: Marcel Proust
genres: 20th Century, Literature, History, Classics, Memoir, France, Biography Memoir, French Literature, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1052
publisher: NYRB Classics