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<ref name="n4"> In his correspondence with critics Proust often brings up the first and last chapter of his book, to insist upon the planned and deliberately constructed nature of his work. Sometimes, as here, he places the writing of the ending first: "The last chapter of the last volume, which has not yet been published, was written before the first chapter of the first volume" (CP 04159; Kolb, XIX, no. 121, to Alberto Lumbroso [14 May 1920]); "It is in fact too often overlooked that my books have been constructed, but with an open compass extended sufficiently wide so that its rigorous composition, for which I have sacrificed everything, takes a long time to reveal itself. It can't be denied when the last page of Le Temps retrouvé (written before the rest of the book) comes back full circle to the first page of Swann" (CP 04877; Kolb, XXI, no. 16, to Benjamin Crémieux, [18 or 19 January 1922]). But he sometimes writes the opposite, notably in December 1919: "[...] the last chapter of the last volume was written immediately after the first chapter of the first volume. Everything "in between" was written afterwards [...]" (CP 03995; Kolb, XVIII, no. 315, to Paul Souday, [17 December 1919]); "the last chapter of the last volume, which has not yet been published, was written immediately after the first chapter of the first volume" (CP 03999; Kolb, XVIII, no. 319, to Rosny the elder, [shortly after 23 December 1919]). [NM] </ref>
<ref name="n4"> In his correspondence with critics Proust often brings up the first and last chapter of his book, to insist upon the planned and deliberately constructed nature of his work. Sometimes, as here, he places the writing of the ending first: "The last chapter of the last volume, which has not yet been published, was written before the first chapter of the first volume" (CP 04159; Kolb, XIX, no. 121, to Alberto Lumbroso [14 May 1920]); "It is in fact too often overlooked that my books have been constructed, but with an open compass extended sufficiently wide so that its rigorous composition, for which I have sacrificed everything, takes a long time to reveal itself. It can't be denied when the last page of Le Temps retrouvé (written before the rest of the book) comes back full circle to the first page of Swann" (CP 04877; Kolb, XXI, no. 16, to Benjamin Crémieux, [18 or 19 January 1922]). But he sometimes writes the opposite, notably in December 1919: "[...] the last chapter of the last volume was written immediately after the first chapter of the first volume. Everything 'in between' was written afterwards [...]" (CP 03995; Kolb, XVIII, no. 315, to Paul Souday, [17 December 1919]); "the last chapter of the last volume, which has not yet been published, was written immediately after the first chapter of the first volume" (CP 03999; Kolb, XVIII, no. 319, to Rosny the elder, [shortly after 23 December 1919]). [NM] </ref>

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<ref name="n4"> Proust rapproche souvent dans sa correspondance avec les critiques les premier et dernier chapitres de son livre, pour insister sur le caractère médité et construit de son oeuvre. Parfois, comme ici, il place d'abord la rédaction de la fin : « Le dernier chapitre du dernier volume, non encore paru, a été écrit avant le premier chapitre du premier volume » (CP 04159 ; Kolb, XIX, n° 121, à Alberto Lumbroso, [le 14 mai 1920]) ; « On méconnaît trop en effet que mes livres sont une construction, mais à ouverture de compas assez étendue pour que la composition, rigoureuse et à qui j’ai tout sacrifié, soit assez longue à discerner. On ne pourra le nier quand la dernière page du Temps retrouvé (écrite avant le reste du livre) se refermera exactement sur la première de Swann » (CP 04877 ; Kolb, XXI, n° 16, à Benjamin Crémieux, [le 18 ou 19 janvier 1922]). Mais il lui arrive aussi d'écrire l'inverse, notamment en décembre 1919 : « […] le dernier chapitre du dernier volume a été écrit tout de suite après le premier chapitre du premier volume. Tout l’“entre-deux” a été écrit ensuite […] » (CP 03995 ; Kolb, XVIII, n° 315, à Paul Souday, [le 17 décembre 1919]) ; « le dernier chapitre du dernier volume, non paru, a été écrit tout de suite après le premier chapitre du premier volume » (CP 03999 ; Kolb, XVIII, n° 319, à Rosny aîné, [peu avant le 23 décembre 1919]). [NM] </ref>

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  1. ↑ In his correspondence with critics Proust often brings up the first and last chapter of his book, to insist upon the planned and deliberately constructed nature of his work. Sometimes, as here, he places the writing of the ending first: "The last chapter of the last volume, which has not yet been published, was written before the first chapter of the first volume" (CP 04159; Kolb, XIX, no. 121, to Alberto Lumbroso [14 May 1920]); "It is in fact too often overlooked that my books have been constructed, but with an open compass extended sufficiently wide so that its rigorous composition, for which I have sacrificed everything, takes a long time to reveal itself. It can't be denied when the last page of Le Temps retrouvé (written before the rest of the book) comes back full circle to the first page of Swann" (CP 04877; Kolb, XXI, no. 16, to Benjamin Crémieux, [18 or 19 January 1922]). But he sometimes writes the opposite, notably in December 1919: "[...] the last chapter of the last volume was written immediately after the first chapter of the first volume. Everything 'in between' was written afterwards [...]" (CP 03995; Kolb, XVIII, no. 315, to Paul Souday, [17 December 1919]); "the last chapter of the last volume, which has not yet been published, was written immediately after the first chapter of the first volume" (CP 03999; Kolb, XVIII, no. 319, to Rosny the elder, [shortly after 23 December 1919]). [NM]
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