Died a hundred years ago, Marcel Proust remains very much alive
By brushing the relationship between the genius writer and the one who was his governess, Chloé Cruchaudet signs the first part of a magnificent diptych.
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“Of course, Monsieur Proust!” album cover (excerpt).
ED. SUN 2022 – CRUCHAUDET
She arrived from the depths of Lozère in 1913, at the age of 21, not very smart. Nothing predestined Céleste Albaret to enter the service of a genius. Except that her husband, Odilon, occasionally served as a driver for Marcel Proust. And that the latter would quickly be won over by the devotion and personality of this young provincial, who for nearly ten years would become his governess, even his confidante.
