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Witness History: Marcel Proust

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Marcel Proust

05/01/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Marcel Proust

The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.

In 2022, France is marking the centenary of the death of the novelist Marcel Proust, the author of the 20th century masterpiece Remembrance of Things Past. In this archive edition of Witness History, Proust's friend, Prince Antoine Bibescu, recalls his conversations with the author, and Proust's maid, Celeste Albaret, remembers his final hours. The programme also hears from Professor Michael Wood, an expert on Proust at Princeton University.

PHOTO: Marcel Proust (Getty Images)

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