The Mysterious Correspondent, Marcel Proust
The Mysterious Correspondent, Marcel Proust
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The Mysterious Correspondent
New Stories

Author: Marcel Proust, Charlotte Mandell

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 2 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/03/2021


Synopsis

Newly discovered stories from one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century.



Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen—the writer never spoke of them. Why did he choose not to publish them along with the others? One possible answer is that he was developing his themes in preparation for his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time; another is that the stories were too audacious—too near to life—for the censorious society of the time.



In these stories, published here for the first time, we find an intimate picture of a young author full of darkness and melancholy, longing to reveal his true self to the world.

Author Bio

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental In Search of Lost Time, which was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. His writings were published in numerous literary magazines, including Le Mensuel and La Revue Blanche, and he also authored the posthumously published Jean Santeuil.

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