Newly discovered Proust novellas to be published in October
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Newly discovered Proust novellas to be published in October
In this file photo taken on October 30, 2017 a woman holds a copy of French writer Marcel Proust's manuscript "Du cote de chez Swann" (Swann's way) before its auction sale at Sotheby's action house in Paris. Fans of French literary giant Marcel Proust will soon have the chance to read nine novellas from early in his career that were only unearthed last year, the publishing house said on August 5, 2019. The nine texts by the author of "Swann's Way" were originally to be part of his first book, "Les Plaisirs et les Jours" (Pleasures and Days), a collection of poems and short stories published in 1896. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP.



PARIS (AFP).- Fans of French literary giant Marcel Proust will soon have the chance to read nine novellas from early in his career that were only unearthed last year, the publishing house said Monday.

The nine texts by the author of "Swann's Way" were originally to be part of his first book, "Les Plaisirs et les Jours" (Pleasures and Days), a collection of poems and short stories published in 1896.

But Proust, who was still in his 20s, later decided not to include them.

They were uncovered by Bernard de Fallois, a noted Proust specialist who died last year, and founder of the Fallois publishing house.

It will issue the collection on October 9 under the title "The Mysterious Correspondent and Other Unpublished Novellas."

"With this diverse collection of previously unpublished novellas and texts, we discover the sources of 'Swann's Way'," the house said in a statement.

Bernard de Fallois had previously discovered a Proust novel that went unpublished in his lifetime, "Jean Santeuil", as well as an unfinished text called "Contre Sainte-Beuve". Both were eventually published in the 1950s.

Proust, who died in 1922 at the age of 51, has been hugely influential for subsequent generations of authors, in particular for the masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time," also called "Remembrance of Things Past," the first volume of the Swann works.

A copy of that book, dedicated by Proust to his lover, sold at auction in December for 1.51 million euros ($1.7 million), a record for a French book.

The newfound texts show a young writer dabbling in new narrative techniques while exploring such risque themes for the era as physical love and homosexuality.

"Because of their audacity, he probably thought they would offend a social milieu dominated by traditional moral forces," the publisher said.

The 180-page collection will include facsimiles of the original texts as well as analysis and critiques.


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