Translations:CP 03065/36/en
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- ↑ The writing paper of the original is identical to that of a letter to Frédéric de Madrazo dated [around the end of December 1915] (CP 03049; Kolb, XIV, no. 161). The "thoughts" that Proust sends for the year 1916 had led Philip Kolb to place this letter around the beginning of January 1916. But the mention, in the same words in the postscript, of several Romanian politicians (MM. Carp, Marghiloman, Take Ionesco, Filipesco) appears to be influenced by Proust reading an article in Le Figaro of 4 January 1916 about Romania which mentions exactly these same four names, while the other newspapers hardly mentioned Romania at this period, the country having remained neutral (see below notes 4, 6 and 7). It is therefore possible to date this letter to [Tuesday 4 January 1916]. [FL]