My “Memoirs” of Duc de Saint-Simon
came in the mail yesterday.
This has been on my list
for quite a long time.

Duc de Saint-Simon kept
an extensive private journal
regarding the court of Louis XIV.
I ran across this in Proust.
His characters are always quoting
Saint-Simon about this or
that.

After reading the introduction, I find that Proust based sections of In Search of Lost Time on Saint-Simon’s prose.

That’s Proust there.
I am listening to the
first volume of this
on my MP3 player.
I have read this book
several times and it
never fails to
amaze me.

Proust even based
his outrageous
de Charlus character
on Saint-Simon’s
description of a
certain Cardinal.
I think it was a
Cardinal. Anyway
de Charlus is
hilarious. He is an very old gay guy whose actions are endearing, eccentric and initially inexplicable. Great character of literature.

Here’s a pic of the
Duc
de
Saint-
Simon.

I like

the

pic

on

the

front

cover

of

the

book better…….

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