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=[http://www.corr-proust.org/letter/03822 Marcel Proust à Antoine Bibesco <nowiki>[fin juin ou début juillet 1919]</nowiki>]=  
=[http://www.corr-proust.org/letter/03822 Marcel Proust to Antoine Bibesco <nowiki>[end of June or beginning of July 1919]</nowiki>]=
 
<small>(Click on the link above to see this letter and its notes in the ''Corr-Proust'' digital edition, including all relevant hyperlinks.)</small>
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My dear Antoine
Mon cher Antoine
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Forgive me for my silence. Since I have moved<ref name="n2" />, some unceasing attacks have put me into such a state of depression that I am not even able to sign a copy of my books<ref name="n3" />. To add insult to injury, having a few copies sent by the NRF, I took a pile in order to dedicate some of them. But as soon as I had signed three, I realized that the others were third editions <ref name="n4" />. I will have inquiries made at the booksellers to get some first editions, and  I’ll send you right away one of each of my books. If you see people<ref name="n5" /> to whom I should’ve sent my books and who have not received them (and will surely receive them one day, as soon as I have these first editions) pray forgive me. As, for example Chaumeix, the Countess of Noailles, the Princess of Chimay, the Princess of Polignac, the Countess Greffulhe, Barrès etc., Léon Blum above all. (Do you think that I can send (I have some) second and third editions?)<ref name="n6" />.
Pardonne-moi mon silence. Depuis que j'ai déménagé<ref name="n2" />, des crises ininterrompues m'ont mis dans un état de dépression tel que je ne pouvais même pas signer un exemplaire de mes livres<ref name="n3" />. Pour comble la N.R.F. m'ayant envoyé quelques exemplaires j'en ai pris une pile pour en dédicacer quelques-uns. Mais à peine j'en avais signé trois, je me suis aperçu que les autres étaient des troisièmes éditions<ref name="n4" />. Je vais faire faire des recherches chez les libraires pour avoir des première édition, et aussitôt je t'en enverrai une de chacun de mes livres. Si tu vois des gens<ref name="n5" /> à qui j'aurais dû envoyer mes livres et qui ne l'ont pas reçu (et le recevront bien un jour, dès que j'aurai ces première édition) excuse-moi je t'en prie. Ainsi par exemple Chaumeix, la Comtesse de Noailles, la Princesse de Chimay, la Princesse de Polignac, la Comtesse Greffulhe, Barrès etc., Léon Blum par-dessus tous. (Crois-tu que je peux envoyer (j'en ai) des deuxième et troisième éditions ?)<ref name="n6" />.
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Place at the feet of the Princess<ref name="n7" /> my tributes of greatest respectful admirations.
Mets aux pieds de la Princesse<ref name="n7" /> mes hommages de plus grande admiration respectueuse
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Yours
Ton
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Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
   
   
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==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 00:53, 19 September 2022


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Marcel Proust to Antoine Bibesco [end of June or beginning of July 1919]

(Click on the link above to see this letter and its notes in the Corr-Proust digital edition, including all relevant hyperlinks.)

[1]

My dear Antoine

Forgive me for my silence. Since I have moved[2], some unceasing attacks have put me into such a state of depression that I am not even able to sign a copy of my books[3]. To add insult to injury, having a few copies sent by the NRF, I took a pile in order to dedicate some of them. But as soon as I had signed three, I realized that the others were third editions [4]. I will have inquiries made at the booksellers to get some first editions, and I’ll send you right away one of each of my books. If you see people[5] to whom I should’ve sent my books and who have not received them (and will surely receive them one day, as soon as I have these first editions) pray forgive me. As, for example Chaumeix, the Countess of Noailles, the Princess of Chimay, the Princess of Polignac, the Countess Greffulhe, Barrès etc., Léon Blum above all. (Do you think that I can send (I have some) second and third editions?)[6].

Place at the feet of the Princess[7] my tributes of greatest respectful admirations.

Yours

Marcel Proust

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Notes

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