The memoirs of Ernest Forssgren (1894-1970), the young Swede who
served as Marcel Proust's last valet, provide new insights into
Proust's life and death. Previously, Forssgren's memoir has been
published only in excerpts, in French, with serious omissions and
alterations.
This book presents the complete text of the memoir, with an
introduction and helpful annotations by the distinguished Proust
scholar William C. Carter. Also included here is other new
material: the inscriptions that Proust wrote for Forssgren's copy
of "Swann's Way;" an important telegram that Proust sent Forssgren,
which defines with greater precision the novelist's activities in
the final months of his life; Forssgren's "Summary" of the first
English biography of Proust, by George D. Painter, which provides
many new details about Proust's last trip to Cabourg in 1914 and
his attempts at seducing young men of the servant class; and the
notes that Forssgren made in his copy of Painter's biography.
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